Campaign to Bring Back British Rail

The Campaign to Bring Back British Rail is a UK pressure group with the object of completing the renationalisation of British Rail, which was privatised in the 1990s.[2][3] In addition to its representation of ordinary passengers, on whose behalf it campaigns for improvements to rail services, it undertakes research for the purpose of lobbying political parties towards the ends of reintroducing a vertically-integrated, publicly owned and operated British railway network. It has over 150,000 supporters UK wide, accumulated since it was founded in 2009, and is managed from two hubs - in Glasgow and London.[4]

Bring Back British Rail
Founded2009 (2009)
FounderEllie Harrison[1]
TypeTransport campaign group
FocusTransport
Public ownership
Consumer rights
Location
Area served
United Kingdom
Productcampaigning, lobbying, media, research
Members
150,000 (supporters)
Key people
Ellie Harrison
Websitehttps://www.bringbackbritishrail.org

In 2022, the Scottish Government brought the main Scottish operator into public ownership as ScotRail Trains.[5]

Feedback

A 2012 poll showed that 70% of voters want a re-nationalisation of the railways, while only 23% supported continued privatisation.[6] According to a 2013 YouGov poll, 66% of the public support bringing the railways into public ownership.[7] According to the Office of Rail and Road, as of 2016 there was 62% support for public ownership of train-operating companies.[8] A poll of 1,500 adults in Britain in June 2018 showed 64% support renationalising Britain's railways, 19% would oppose renationalisation and 17% did not know.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Bring Back British Rail". 30 July 2009.
  2. Slawson, Nicola (3 January 2017). "Rail passengers to stage station protests against fare increases". The Guardian.
  3. "Rail campaigners stage train fares protest at Waterloo". London SE1. 14 August 2012.
  4. Official website
  5. "Scotland's train services nationalised from 1 April". BBC News. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. "70% want end to rail privatisation". Global Rail News. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014.
  7. Dahlgreen, Will (4 November 2013). "Nationalise energy and rail companies, say public". YouGov.
  8. Calder, Simon (30 January 2016). "Britain's railways are doing well despite privatisation". The Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  9. "Do the public want the railways renationalised?". Full Fact. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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