Bring Back British Rail

It was great to support @weownit.org.uk's 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝘀. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 Tug of War outside Parliament this week 👏 We're raising awareness for the issues with the #RailwaysBill 🚆💸 Please email your MP to ask whose side they're on 👇 📨 weownit.org.uk/passengers-not-profit

NEW: The Railways Bill must secure public ownership of rolling stock. Last week, the government said it would consider public ownership of new trains. If it means what it says, it must turn this into law - the Railways Bill is the best ever opportunity. abcommuters.com/2026/10/08/r...

Don't miss our special 10th Anniversary Exhibition - on at the New Glasgow Society until Weds 23 Sept, 5pm Come and find out more about the history of our grassroots public transport campaign over the last decade 🚍🚇🚆 🗓️ Open every day until Weds 23 Sept, 12noon-5pm 📍 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow, G3 8TL

We welcome Chiltern Railways being brought back into public ownership today 👏 That leaves only four rail franchises still in the private sector 🚆 ⏰ Count down to their demise using our handy Privatisation Departures Board 👇 bringbackbritishrail.org/departures

"The Railways Bill could allow companies within Great British Railways to have private shareholders... These companies could carry out any GBR function - even train operations or infrastructure management... We shouldn't be creating a back door that allows privatisation to creep in."

The #RailwaysBill which will create our new Great British Railways is now being scrutinised by the House of Lords 🚆 Can they close the loopholes for re-privatisation & help deliver a fully-integrated railway? Please read & share @abcommuters.bsky.social's excellent briefing 👇

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Govt amendments to the Railways Bill require GBR to be fully publicly owned. But no one checked the small print... Only the parent company is protected and any other 'GBR company' can be set up as a public-private partnership. Read more here: www.railmagazine.com/comment-land...

📢 The 3rd Reading of the #RailwaysBill will now take place this 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟭𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 🚆 Don't miss your chance to email your MP & ask them to back amendments to ensure that Great British Railways always puts passengers' rights before private profit 👇 @weownit.org.uk

The Railways Bill Report Stage was postponed from the 3rd of June to the Wednesday 10th June. So you still have 24 hours to email your MP to ask them to back key amendments so that our railway works for passengers not private profiteers.

#TakeBackOurTrains Labour are lying when they say that railways are being nationalised. The Trains are still a private cashcow for porterbrook angel trains and porterbrook

📢 Last chance to take action! The #RailwaysBill which will establish Great British Railways get its 3rd Reading in the Commons this 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 🚆 Please email your MP to ask them to back our amendments ensuring passengers' rights are always put before private profit 👇

Good Riddance Govia! 🚆 We’re celebrating Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern finally back in public ownership today 👏 This marks the end of a decade long fight begun by our friends @abcommuters.bsky.social during the #SouthernFail crisis in 2016 Read more here: bringbackbritishrail.org/news

🚨The Railways Bill comes back to parliament on 3rd June This bill was supposed to "put people at the heart of our railway" - but it does not We've worked with MPs on amendments to ensure the bill puts passengers before profit Ask your MP to back these key amendments: vist.ly/55wyg

👀We will not have the wool pulled over our eyes. The government must deliver what they promised: REAL public ownership of our railway. @bringbackbr.bsky.social.org

Thought rail privatisation was dead? Think again! 🧟🚅 Agree with these MPs fighting Starmer for REAL public ownership? Take action here ✊ weownit.org.uk/passengers-not-profit

🚨Time to take a side! Will your MP stand up for passengers OR will they stand up for private profiteers in the railway? Share this and ask your MP to demand the government deliver their promise to bring our railway into public ownership: vist.ly/4ysfj

3 out of 4 of us want a publicly owned railway This Labour government promised to deliver it but they are BETRAYING us The truth is they're delivering a total mishmash - part nationalisation, part privatisation We need REAL PUBLIC OWNERSHIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=95su...

"This is not a bill that is going to give us real nationalisation of the railways". Jenny Jones of the Green Party at our Tug of War for the future of our railways outside Parliament today. Find out which MPs have tabled amendments to the new Railways Bill. vist.ly/4yj5u

Today outside parliament calling for REAL PUBLIC OWNERSHIP of rail as promised, not a mishmash 🚄prioritise economy, society, environment not competition law 🚄a watchdog we can hold accountable 🚄no privatisation loopholes e.g. let's own the trains PASSENGERS NOT PROFITS

💪It's a Tug of War - Railway Passengers vs Profiteers!💪 🤔Will YOUR MP vote for amendments to improve the new Railways Bill? vist.ly/4yi5u

We're ready for our Tug of War! On one side: passengers, the economy, nature and the environment + @chris nhinchcliffe and @richard burgon - standing up for an improved Railways Bill. On the other: the profiteers and politicians who don't share their vision for Great British Railways.

Our Tug of War outside Parliament highlights the savings that could be passed on to passengers if profits weren't being gouged out by the Rolling Stock companies. vist.ly/4yi3m

🚨BREAKING Research shows dividends paid out by train leasing companies since COVID could have CUT rail fares by almost 13% since 2022. That’s why we're taking action from 1-2pm today in Parliament Square to demand the government puts passengers before profit in their Railways Bill. See you there!

📣 Last chance to email your MP before our 'Passengers vs Profiteers' event this Weds 👇 weownit.org.uk/act-now/tug-...

Want a railway run for people not profit? 🚆 Join the 'Tug of War' in Parliament Square this 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟭𝟱 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟭𝟮:𝟰𝟱 ✊ We're raising awareness for the key problems with the #RailwaysBill & promoting the amendments aimed at resolving them 📜 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗣 👇

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The government’s promise to take rail into public ownership, could be just another betrayal. ❌Private companies will continue to run some of our trains ❌Private shareholders will continue to make billions in dividends from owning rolling stock Email your MP now: vist.ly/4y4bi

The government says they're bringing rail into public ownership - but their Railways Bill won't stop private profits leaking out 💰 We are staging a TUG OF WAR in Parliament Square on Wednesday 15th April🪢 Take 2 mins to ask your MP to stand up for passengers not profiteers🚅

Huge missed opportunity that these new trains will not be owned by ScotRail They are being leased by Beacon Rail which is owned by JP Morgan Asset Management Rolling stock is the most profitable bit of the railway Scotland should own its own trains! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

URGENT: Railways Bill to deregulate passenger rights, disability rights & accessibility, weakening rights enforcement via the new Passenger Watchdog. We are demanding an urgent meeting with the Transport Ministers before the Bill reaches the House of Commons. abcommuters.com/2026/03/11/u...

The government is ending 30 years of rail privatisation Now it needs a positive vision for public ownership! 🛤️ 7 out of 10 want savings spent on CUTTING FARES or investing in NEW SERVICES Our new @survation.bsky.social polling in @mstaronline.bsky.social morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gbr-...

Our new polling shows that 7 in 10 Brits want the government to use all savings from ending rail privatisation to cut fares or open new rail services. If the government is serious about wanting to "step really confidently towards a new future for the railways", they should: 1/2

⌛48 hours to go until our House of Commons drop-in session for MPs, on 4 ways the new Railways Bill can be fixed so we can all "step really confidently towards a new future for the railways". There's still time for you to write to your MP and urge them to attend.

BREAKING🚨 ✅7 in 10 of us want public ownership of rail to mean lower fares and more services ✅6 in 10 want public ownership of rail rolling stock Ask your MP to attend our rail drop in event on Wednesday to make sure the Railways Bill delivers for us: weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...

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The Railways Bill is making its way through Parliament. But it’s missing 4 vital ingredients that would make it truly work for passengers, not private profiteers: 1 Bring Rolling Stock into public ownership 2 Lower fares 3 Re-opening closed lines 4 Listen to passengers and give them a voice. 1/2

West Midlands Railways comes into public ownership today. That's great news. But it's only part of the journey. There are 4 ways our railways could be made better so they truly deliver what passengers want, not private shareholders. 1/3

Today West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway enter public ownership. That means that from today half of all rail journeys that will fall under GBR’s remit are operated by publicly owned companies. #OnTrackForPublicOwnership

The Railways Bill enters its Committee Stage tomorrow; it's the first major opportunity for the public to influence the Bill. Along with The Association of British Commuters & @bringbackbr.bsky.social.org we urge the committee to address the biggest hurdle to real rail reform: Competition Law.

This week the Railways Bill – which will establish Great British Railways (GBR) – enters its Committee stage in Parliament. But the Bill maintains much of the competition framework from the 1993 Railways Act, which was responsible for the fragmentation and inefficiencies of the privatisation era.

@andrewranger-mp.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@keirmathermp.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@jaynekirkhammp.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@ollyglover.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@danfrancis02.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@liamconlon.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@larry-turner.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@sarahsmithlab.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...

@swdevonrebecca.bsky.social Congratulations on your appointment as a Member of the Railways Bill Committee! 🎉 Please take some time to read about our concerns with the legislation 👇 @weownit.org.uk @abcommuters.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/brin...