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Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Re-nationalise the railways and provide better services to passengers

Closed 73 signatures

What the petition asks

Private train franchises have demonstrated repeatedly that they are incapable of providing high-quality services to passengers. Extortionate rail fares, too many late trains and ridiculously high profits are all good reasons to take our railways back into public ownership.
In recent years franchises such as the East Coast Line have already been taken back into public ownership as they have failed to run private rail services effectively, whilst most services in Wales are also now publicly run. Such examples clearly demonstrate that the needs of rail users can be best serviced when they are being run for the public good, and not for the benefit of private profit. We demand that this process be repeated nationwide to end the process of rail privatisation for good.

Timeline

22 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
22 May 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 73
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 22 Nov 2021
Closed 22 May 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.