Bring Back British Rail’s first report 'A Better Railway for Britain: Re-unifying our railways under public ownership'

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Bring Back British Rail’s first report A Better Railway for Britain: Re-unifying our railways under public ownership. The report was launched in the Houses of Parliament in London on 13 October 2016.

It was written by Bring Back British Rail’s Oliver Lewis with preface, editing, design and layout by campaign founder Ellie Harrison. It features images from the 2011-2016 campaign, full colour illustrations, stickers and includes a special updated version of Rail Privatisation: A Timeline of Failures based on the design of British Rail’s 1979 ‘Go Direct by Inter-City‘ poster.

44 pages, A5 size

Railways in Great Britian were privatised in the 1990s, they had been in state ownership for almost 50 years and had been known as British Railways, later British Rail. As a result of privatisation, the operation of passenger services was contracted to private companies known as franchises.

The Bring Back British Rail campaign was founded in 2009 by Ellie Harrison. The campaign identified two main failings in the current rail system. Firstly, that the franchise system allowed companies to ''shirk responsibility by passing the blame for delays and bad service''. Secondly that, whilst in private ownership, passengers suffered by paying more for a worsening service.

The Bring Back British Rail campaign advocated for reintegration of the country’s rail network as one organisation with a common goal of providing the best value, most efficient and reliable public transport system possible. It campaigned for a non-profit making industry where ''both passengers and employees could feel ownership and pride in their rail network, knowing that their fares and hard work are continually helping to improve the system''.

The group continues to campaign 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.

Campaigning for lower rail fares is not new. There is evidence in newspapers from the 1800s showing how groups and individuals advocated for lower ticket prices.

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