Action for Rail in the North East next week
Join our Action for Rail day of protests in the North East on Tuesday 11th December. Rail fares will be going up by an average of 3.9 per cent next year. That’s what ATOC, the rail operators group told...
View ArticleAction for Rail in the South East next week
Join our Action for Rail day of protests in the South East on Tuesday 11th December. Rail fares will be going up by an average of 3.9 per cent next year. That’s what ATOC, the rail operators group told...
View ArticleAction for Rail in the East of England next week
Join our Action for Rail day of protests in the East of England on Tuesday 11th December. Rail fares will be going up by an average of 3.9 per cent next year. That’s what ATOC, the rail operators group...
View ArticleAction for Rail in Yorkshire and Humber next week
Join our Action for Rail day of protests in Yorkshire and Humberside on Tuesday 11th December. Rail fares will be going up by an average of 3.9 per cent next year. That’s what ATOC, the rail operators...
View ArticleAction for Rail in the South West next week
Join our Action for Rail day of protests in the South West on Tuesday 11th December. Rail fares will be going up by an average of 3.9 per cent next year. That’s what ATOC, the rail operators group told...
View ArticleAction for Rail in Wales next week
Join our Action for Rail day of protests in Wales on Tuesday 11th December. Rail fares will be going up by an average of 3.9 per cent next year. That’s what ATOC, the rail operators group told us...
View ArticleAction for Rail in Scotland next week
Join our Action for Rail day of protests in Scotland on Tuesday 11th December. Rail fares will be going up by an average of 3.9 per cent next year. That’s what ATOC, the rail operators group told us...
View ArticleTrain fares have risen nearly three times faster than wages since the recession
Average train fares have risen nearly three times faster than wages since the recession began. Our research shows that between 2008 and 2012 average rail fares increased by 26.6%, with average wages...
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Merry Christmas from your train operating company
Union activists and supporters were out in force this morning, to take the message over soaring rail fares to commuters at stations right across the country. We handed out these Christmas cards,...
View ArticleWest Coast franchise shambles – a verdict
Transport writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar has delivered a stinging verdict on the West Coast franchise shambles. Its an excellent piece and well worth reading in full here But his concluding...
View ArticleRail commuters set for another year of fare misery and service cuts
As people prepare for the first day back to work, rail campaigners are today warning that commuters face yet another year of inflation-busting fare increases and service cuts. Train fares will increase...
View ArticleAre passengers happy with their private train operators?
An oft repeated argument from advocates of privatised rail, like our friends at the Association of Train Operating Companies, is that privatised rail has delivered record levels of passenger...
View ArticleAre passengers happy with their train operators? (Part 2)
At the end of last month, we blogged about some revealing figures between the lines of the latest Passenger Focus survey which called into question some of the claims made by ATOC and others that rail...
View ArticleEast Coast: a bizarre and dogmatic decision
Today’s announcement that East Coast Main Line is being handed back to private train companies is the clearest indication you could find that this government’s policy on the railways is determined by...
View ArticleStop Staff Cuts on our Railways – Day of Action
On the 50th anniversary of the Beeching Report, Action for Rail will be out and about at over 70 railway stations around the UK tomorrow (March 27th) protesting against proposals to place up to 20,000...
View ArticleTrain companies accused of resurrecting the ghost of Beeching
Train companies accused of resurrecting the ghost of Beeching Rail campaigners will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Beeching Report today (Wednesday) by holding protests at over 35 stations...
View ArticleRail ministers come clean about privatised rail
Yesterday’s announcement of more franchising and the privatisation of East Coast Main Line came as little surprise from a government with a strong track record in faith based economics, fundamentalist...
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Big up to all our hardy campaigners …
There was a fantastic turn out by Action for Rail campaigners across the UK today. Braving freezing conditions, we had teams out from Devon to Scotland and most parts in between. And as usual, the...
View ArticleWhat does the future of railway staffing mean for disabled and older passengers?
This week Action for Rail publishes a new report looking at what impact the proposals to cut 14,000 jobs on stations and trains will have on disabled and older passengers. What does the future of...
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Disabled and older rail passengers make their voices heard
Action for Rail joined forces with Transport for All, the National Pensioners Convention and Disabled People Against Cuts last month to get the message over that cuts to staff on trains and stations...
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