Re-nationalise the railways and provide better services to passengers

Rejected 19 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.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

Under the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024, passenger train operators with contracts with the Department for Transport (DfT) are to be brought into public ownership. Nationalisation will start in 2025 and is expected to finish in 2027.

Timeline

29 Nov 2024	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jan 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jan 2025

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