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Campaigners call for public ownership as fares rise nearly three times faster...
Action for Rail protest at London Waterloo station, August 18 2015 Campaigners gathered at over 30 stations across England and Scotland yesterday (August 18), from London Waterloo to Glasgow Central,...
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Peak rail services at breaking point under privatisation, new overcrowding...
New overcrowding figures indicate rail services are at breaking point under privatisation. The Rail Executive, part of the Department for Transport (DFT), has found that popular commuter train services...
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Does rail privatisation deliver the best deal for passengers and taxpayers?
(L-R) Paul Nowak, Lilian Greenwood, Edward Welsh, John Stittle, Martin Abrams, Paul Clifton Does rail privatisation deliver the best deal for passengers and taxpayers? was the subject of lively...
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Where now for Labour and rail public ownership?
(L-R) Manuel Cortes, Mick Lynch, Lucy Anderson MEP, Paul Nowak, Lilian Greenwood MP, Mick Whelan. There was a huge turnout for the Action for Rail fringe ‘Where now for Labour and rail public...
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Decrepit and overcrowded trains – the reality of rail privatisation
We were told that privatisation would bring investment and innovation, yet passengers in the UK are travelling on some of the oldest trains in Europe. The average age of trains is now 20.2 years across...
View ArticleEnd #RailRipOff on 4 January – join us at Kings Cross and stations across the...
In January, passengers returning to work after Christmas will see their fares rise yet again. Over the last five years rail fares have risen nearly three times faster than average wages. We have the...
View ArticleSafety Before Profits – Keep Network Rail Public
Help ensure safety and investment in our railways is put before profits, by keeping Network Rail in the public sector.
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Are you celebrating the ‘small’ increase in rail fares from next year?
Today the Rail Delivery Group announced that fares will rise by an average of 1.1 per cent from January. That includes unregulated fares like off-peak leisure and advance purchase tickets (set by the...
View ArticleVideo: What commuters think about #RailRipOff fares
In December 2015, Action for Rail interviewed commuters at London King’s Cross station and asked them their thoughts about the fare rise in January, whether they feel they get value for money, and...
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End #RailRipOff
In January, passengers returning to work after Christmas will see their fares rise yet again. Commuters in the UK are spending up to 6x as much of their wages on rail fares than passengers using...
View ArticleTake action – end #RailRipOff
Commuters in the UK spend up to six times as much on rail fares compared with others in Europe. The post Take action – end #RailRipOff appeared first on Action For Rail.
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Campaigners take action at over 100 stations to end #railripoff
Campaigners at King’s Cross Station were joined by (L-R): RMT General Secretary Mick Cash; Kevin Rowan, TUC; Shadow Transport Secretary Lilian Greenwood; Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn; ASLEF General...
View ArticlePrivatising Network Rail could put passenger safety at risk, warns new report
Privatising Network Rail could be bad for passenger safety and lead to higher fares, according to a new report published in December 2015. The report – Staying On The Right Track by Dr John Stittle...
View ArticleRail passenger survey reveals passengers frustrated by overcrowding,...
The new annual passenger survey by watchdog Transport Focus reveals the frustrations faced by passengers, especially commuters, rather than a system in good health. The National Rail Passenger Survey...
View ArticleWhich? survey finds one in three commuter trains delayed
According to a survey published by Which? today, one in three commuter trains are delayed, and 7% of the 7,000 respondents were delayed by 30 minutes or more. Arriva Trains Wales came out worst with...
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Keep Ticket Offices Open
Hot on the heels of their proposals to remove guards/conductors from Southern services, Govia Thameslink Railways Ltd (GTR) are now proposing even more passenger misery through 84 Station ticket office...
View ArticleProtect Northern rail services and Northern jobs!
Rail services, jobs and passenger safety in Northern England are under threat by a new Northern Rail franchise beginning on 1 April. The TUC and rail unions’ Action for Rail campaign is calling for a...
View ArticleThe absurdity of UK rail privatisation – foreign state owned/backed train...
About three quarters of our rail lines are now run by foreign state owned or backed companies – under our privatised system. But the government still insists that the British state running our railways...
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