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Read more This is effectively a bailout, and it sets a dangerous precedent for other franchise holders to follow, potentially costing billions from the public purse in the long term.
But due to all your incredible campaigning, we successfully pushed Chris Grayling to bring the East Coast Line into public control between June and This was a huge victory against the ideology of privatisation, and its failures on our railways. Together, we can force the government's hand, and bring our services into public ownership.
And now, Northern Rail has become the latest franchise to be brought into public ownership by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. Join us in calling for Grant Shapps to bring the whole railway into public ownership by signing our petition here. Right now we have a unique opportunity to push for public ownership of rail. The government has announced the biggest review into our railways since they were privatised in The government has appointed Keith Williams to run the review.
He's explicitly said that all options are on the table for his recommendations - including public ownership. Already, , people signed a petition calling for public ownership of the railways. We know that this is the only option to solve the problems our railways face. We submitted a response to the review and met with Keith Williams in April , and have already fed in the views of hundreds of members of the public.
With passenger numbers plummeting due to the coronavirus crisis, various news outlets began reporting that the railways had been " effectively nationalised ". The reality is a little different. Yes, the franchise model has been temporarily suspended. But the likes of CrossCountry, First and Abellio will still be running our trains. The only difference is that the government is guaranteeing their income for as long as the coronavirus crisis continues.
This is far from the change our railway needs. New public rail operator will reunite trains and track Great British Railways will aim to simplify services, tickets New flexible season tickets will be offered from next month.
Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Michael Holden. More from Reuters. Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. Sign up. Our Vision — Putting passengers first We're becoming a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users ; that is easy to engage with and is an efficient and dependable partner; a company people are proud to work for; instinctively recognised as an industry leader.
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