Recent reports and analyses have highlighted a deepening crisis in Britain's rail system, marked by a significant number of train cancellations and government failures to meet reform targets. Between 12 November 2023 and 3 February 2024, an average of 1,062 trains were cancelled daily in England and Wales. The National Audit Office (NAO) criticized the government for not achieving basic rail delivery standards, such as punctuality, while spending £3.1bn on passenger service subsidies in the last financial year, a practice deemed unsustainable. The delays in implementing the Government's flagship rail reform scheme, Great British Railways, could cost the Treasury £1.5bn annually. Critics, including MPs and the RMT union, have condemned the government's approach, emphasizing the need for a publicly owned railway system that prioritizes passengers, workers, and taxpayers over privatization interests.
This has been caused by this government’s fixation with protecting the vested interests of privatisation at the expense of rail staff and users. We need a new approach to create a publicly owned railway which will deliver a better deal for passengers, workers and the taxpayer. https://t.co/vH58abiREB
Delays to the Government’s flagship rail reform scheme could cost the Treasury £1.5bn a year, per the National Audit Office Great British Railways is still years away from being up-and-running, the NAO said in a report 🔎 @BenGartside reports https://t.co/1kGmKmvVf2
RMT responds to National Audit Office report: @RMTunion general secretary Mick Lynch said: “We need a new approach to create a publicly owned railway which will deliver a better deal for passengers, workers and the taxpayer.” https://t.co/Td7TJ4dPGa
Devastating report on rail reform highlights fact that govt had no clear idea of what it was trying to achieve. Endless internal disputes and incoherence https://t.co/pRB5VQ5PWK
This National Audit Office report is absolutely damning about the state of our railways. It is clear that: 🚂The rail network is failing passengers ❌Ministers are not making progress to fix our broken railways 💰Delays to rail reform are costing the taxpayer 🧵A thread... https://t.co/6zqiXs4CGJ
This report is a damning indictment of the Tories’ failure to reform our broken rail system: It is crystal clear that our railways are not delivering for passengers or the taxpayer👇🏻 https://t.co/orld4bIuW7
The basics of rail delivery - such as running trains on time - aren't being achieved for passengers. Meanwhile @transportgovuk spent £3.1bn on subsidising passenger services in the past financial year, a level considered unsustainable. Read our report 🚆 https://t.co/lP8zCO7xsy
Government failing targets to fix UK railway system, watchdog reports https://t.co/1Rj3Dh2u41
If Rishi Snak cared about minimum safety levels in our hospitals, his government would support striking workers in their demands for decent pay and a fully-funded NHS. I've seen enough NHS staff suffering from PTSD, depression, anxiety while patients dying on the hospital floor.
British government run our NHS into the ground with austerity. Then exploited the crisis to empower the private sector. And finally, they are started to abolish the principle of universal health care. We must end privatisation, support striking staff and save our NHS.
Britain’s rail crisis is getting worse Latest data analysed by @theipaper shows in the 12 weeks between 12 November 2023 and 3 February 2024, an average of 1,062 trains a day were cancelled in England and Wales 🔍 @SteveRobson04 reports https://t.co/fpA8HNxlFW