Scrap the idea to hand over maintenance responsibility from Network Rail to TOCs

Closed 87 signatures

What the petition asks

Her Majesty's Government announced[1] a decision to instead of having a state run company maintaining Britain's rail network to instead hand over the responsibility to private TOC's. Her Majesty's Government has previously privatized the maintenance with disastrous results[2][3][4]

[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/02/exclusive-network-rail-stripped-control-britains-train-tracks/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexley_railway_station#History

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_rail_crash#Cause

[4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters_Bar_rail_accidents#2002

Timeline

8 Dec 2016	Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 87

Status Closed

Opened 8 Dec 2016

Closed 2 May 2017

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