The UK Labour Party has announced a comprehensive plan to renationalize the country's railway system within five years if it wins the next general election. The initiative, described as the most significant overhaul in a generation, involves the creation of a new public body, Great British Railways (GBR), which will take over existing franchises as contracts expire. The party aims to address the current system's failings by improving service standards, reducing costs, and eliminating the inefficiencies associated with the privatized model. Labour's shadow transport secretary, Louise Haigh, emphasized that the plan would be implemented within the party's first term in office, aiming to drive up standards for passengers and bring down costs. The party claims this could save up to £2.2 billion a year from waste, duplication, and shareholder dividends.
Labour vows to reverse 30 years of trains run by private companies Film by @JoshGafson1 https://t.co/DO2CN6RSfc
📹 Whilst Labours plan to take all Train Operating companies into public ownership is a good first step, they must also tackle the Rolling Stock Racket https://t.co/s38QziEYYG
'Without any extra money how is the service going to improve?" @TomSwarbrick1 challenges Shadow Rail Minister Stephen Morgan on how Labour intends to pay for rail nationalisation within five years of coming into power. https://t.co/KC2Sj2H9qy
Join Ian King as Labour promises to deliver the biggest shake-up to rail "in a generation" by establishing the long-delayed Great British Railways (GBR) organisation and bringing routes back into public ownership Full story 🔴 ➡️ https://t.co/3NXY0yoaHW https://t.co/czf8yex0bp
Former Labour adviser Richard Power-Sayeed says the railway system “is already basically nationalised,” following Labour’s promise to renationalise within five years. #TalkTV https://t.co/vYZT8emJf7
"People are being subsidised to take massive profit." @RMTunion General Secretary Mick Lynch on the Great Train Robbery that is rail privatisation ⬇️ https://t.co/V87IB7gwD0
How would Labour's plan for railways help you?
Labour has pledged to renationalise the railways if elected, with the shadow transport secretary saying that “today’s broken model simply doesn’t work”.
Under the Tories, train services have declined while ticket prices have soared. Labour has a plan to fix our failing rail system with Great British Railways, which will deliver a passenger-focused, cost-effective and publicly-owned network. https://t.co/GytUjlkrNt https://t.co/yoBl0cAL8l
This is an absolutely fantastic announcement from @LouHaigh Public ownership of our railways is exactly the sort of vision that our country needs. https://t.co/XYdkviD0i8
Public ownership of our railways is massively popular with voters, will save the taxpayer money, and end the fragmented, profit racketeering rail system that’s hampered Britain’s economic growth since the 1990’s. Bring it on @UKLabour I cannot wait to see this delivered 👌🏻 https://t.co/krBU9rU1Tg
'If you take the politics out of it for just a second, this is very sensible stuff.' The Northern Powerhouse Partnership's Henri Murison tells @ShelaghFogarty that Labour's pledge to renationalise most rail services within five years is 'a very technocratic and compelling idea'. https://t.co/oznA95t32w
Labour’s commitment to bringing train operators into public ownership is welcome but there’s a whole privatised mess behind that, including rolling stock companies, that needs to be ended & brought into public hands, as @alexgordon4me of @RMTunion says: https://t.co/7Wgxpkonng
Labour will end the Tory rail chaos and bring trains back into public ownership. We’ll ensure you get the cheapest fares per journey, make services more reliable and give local leaders a say over who operates in their area. https://t.co/aIljTp9MKB
This morning I set out Labour's roadmap to fix Britain's railways. Labour's plan means delivering a publicly owned railway within five years, putting passengers first, and bringing down costs for taxpayers. Only Labour has a plan to get Britain moving. https://t.co/OnD1azDkTl
I am proud to back Labour's pledge to bring private rail companies into public ownership within its first term in government 🚂 Ending the chaos and waste of private rail, Labour will put passengers, rail workers & the taxpayer before private profits 👇🏾 https://t.co/m1TsmP954O
Labour pledges to renationalise UK railways https://t.co/DNPWe6BDeC
'Dozens of private operators and interests work against each other and in their own interest rather than for the passenger... 'The taxpayer still subsidises every penny spent on railways' @LouHaigh sets out Labour's plans to nationalise railways https://t.co/i48w0UGXad https://t.co/D4eYK2yCuf
We’re delighted to see @UKLabour commit to plans to bring our railways back into public ownership within the next parliamentary term👏 With all @TransportGovUK's current contracts with private operators set to expire before 2027, they would be mad not to🚆https://t.co/ZZAIQetKo7 https://t.co/I0GMM6pady
It is quite staggering that @SimonClarkeMP can talk about 'inefficient practices' when under Tory rail privatisation the private train operators haven't invested a penny in thirty years but have taken approximately £10 billion out of the system as profit! https://t.co/4hFDEMPUyZ
Rail Britannia! 🚂🇬🇧♥️ Labour's plans will mean an end to extortionate fares for absymal services, and will put the railway back under public control where it belongs. Here's how we'll do it https://t.co/sTlU1ITZgh
Labour has a plan to fix Britain’s broken railways and put passengers first. @LouHaigh sets it out here 👇 https://t.co/Z9i74onBRY
Britain's railways are just not delivering. Labour has a plan to get them back on track, put passengers first, and get Britain moving 👇
Labour has a plan to fix Britain’s railways. We are lucky to have already achieved this successfully under a Labour Welsh Government 🏴 🚆 https://t.co/y4Y254PrF8
Privatisation has been a disaster for rail. Prices are sky-high, services are poor and private companies cream-off the profits. That's why Labour's pledge today – to bring rail into public ownership – is so welcome. Let's run services for the public good, not private profit 👊🏽
📹 "There is no privatisation that's been successful that I can see in terms of our key infrastructure services." @RMTunion General Secretary Mick Lynch on why we need a coherent railway that's run as part of an integrated transport policy, and why privatisation is a failure. https://t.co/NGlwsiYem2
I am proud to support Labour's plans to create Great British Railways & take our railways back into public ownership. My constituents have had to put up with a failing rail system for far too long. The NE has had a 306% increase in train cancellations since 2016/17 on average. https://t.co/ITgTY2mWAN
Britain's railways are simply not delivering. Labour has a plan to get them back on track, to put passengers first, and to get Britain moving 👇 https://t.co/GDUFmgf1bb
Labour has announced today we will create Great British Railways 🚂🚨 A publicly-owned service, fit for the future. I also care deeply about maintaining the great British rail manufacturing industry, something I spoke about in Parliament this week: https://t.co/L39GuXEojv
Read Labour’s plan to fix Britain’s railways.
💥JUST ANNOUNCED! Labour will create Great British Railways! 🚂🌹 With Labour, our railways will be: - Publically owned - Focused on passengers - Fit for the future Only Labour has a plan to fix our broken railways and put passengers first. Let's get Britain moving again! https://t.co/wg4bQfP4Yf
A good analysis on Labour's plans to nationalise the rail network in five years by @GwynTopham https://t.co/idTToo1V2G
We welcome @LouHaigh's announcement this morning that @UKLabour will bring our railways into public ownership and deliver an integrated transport network fit for the future. https://t.co/Wif0SJXnby
People often ask me what Labour will do about the dire state of Britain’s railways. Now we have the answer. @UKLabour will bring our railways into public ownership, as contracts expire. Labour will put passengers first. We will deliver in the national interest. https://t.co/1dn6x7FpRX
Great that a Labour Government will bring rail back into public ownership. Privatised rail companies have hiked prices while delivering worse and worse services. It's time to put the public before the profits of rip-off rail companies. https://t.co/EDdCOJ2Yhi
Rail privatisation has been a complete failure. Delays and cancellations have become the new normal, and passengers are paying through the nose as shareholders line their pockets. Labour will nationalise our entire train network within five years. 💯 https://t.co/eaZ6POgk2Q
EXPLAINED: How Labour will fix Britain’s railways 🚆👇 https://t.co/oqC95zlQQ1
A Labour government will put our railways back in public hands during its first term. With Great British Railways, we'll take back control of the tracks as contracts run out. A publicly owned, passenger-focused network, delivering better services and more value for taxpayers 🇬🇧 https://t.co/O6t2vl22W8
Fantastic speech by @LouHaigh this morning. Labour will fix our broken railways and put passengers first. https://t.co/dk7WDmRzmK
A Labour government would renationalise Britain’s railway network within five years. Do you back this policy? And tell us why. 📞0344 499 1000 @JuliaHB1 https://t.co/LNn4jjLYI8
🚆Private train operating companies got lucky when they inherited our railways and they have attempted to pass this off as a consequence of their own brilliance ever since. Great rebuttal of the lie that privatisation boosted rail usage by @christianwolmar ⬇️ https://t.co/HD2WW9VVPz
Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh is 'unable to promise that the money saved on the railways will actually be reinvested into the railways' says @SamCoatesSky. Labour pledges to nationalise the railways within first term if elected. https://t.co/Ktw5XC7Ovy 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/CVCBlwXk8x
🚨🚆After 30 years of privatised railways it’s clear the system is broken - and the failure to fix it could be costing the public as much as £2.2 billion a year. Labour will bring the railways back under control of the people who use it, putting passengers and workers first. https://t.co/th89cXpgmG
Under the Tories, the public are paying through the nose to prop up a failed project of privatisation. A Labour govt will bring the system back into public ownership and put passengers first. 🚂 Only Labour has a plan to get our trains back on track. 🌹 https://t.co/C537b5EEMx
Across the country we've had to put up with poor rail services for far too long. Today @LouHaigh set out Labour's plan to reverse this decline & deliver Great British Railways. Under Labour Britain’s railways will be ✔ Passenger focused ✔ Publicly owned ✔ Fit for the future https://t.co/8aNrfzfaA2
Huge 👏 👏 👏 to @LouHaigh for announcing Labour will bring all rail contracts back into public ownership as contracts expire. Labour’s Getting Britain Moving plan will see GB Rail as part of a plan to bring our railways up to a standard fit for the future. https://t.co/BONnpUSZ5H
📹 "Every time a train leaves the station there's a transaction between that train operating company and Network Rail to pay for it. We can get rid of all that nonsense, all that bureaucracy." @RMTunion General Secretary Mick Lynch on why we need a fully nationalised railway. https://t.co/quYzmDIA9t
Labour pledges to renationalise railways within five years if elected as current system is 'broken' https://t.co/hGyfyNURJF
Fantastic news from @LouHaigh @UKLabour: privatisation of the railways has failed, investment in a national rail service that works for passengers and staff is long overdue. https://t.co/GwITZOV3NC
The Tories have crippled our railways through the failure of privatisation. The next Labour government will deliver the biggest overhaul to Britain’s railways in a generation to deliver for passengers, taxpayers, and manufacturers. https://t.co/zP2Fhcp2rl
Today we are setting out our plan to fix Britain’s broken railways and put the passenger first. Our bold reforms will bring our railways into public ownership, as contracts expire, unifying our rail network to finally deliver for passengers. (1/5) 🧵 https://t.co/0Uh7GLv0L6
Our front page story today - Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years. Contracts with private operators will end and transition to public ownership. The party says £2.2bn will be saved from waste, duplication and shareholder dividends. https://t.co/JGI26VfWfP
🚨JUST ANNOUNCED: Labour will create Great British Railways. Under Labour our railways will be: ✅Publicly owned ✅Passenger focused ✅Fit for the future Only Labour has a plan to get our trains back on track: https://t.co/VOW3LmtGpV https://t.co/WePttcKfJD
Brilliant news from @LouHaigh. For far too long rail passengers have endured nightmare delays, cancellations and sky high prices. The Tories have crippled our railways. Labour’s plan will fix them and put passengers first. https://t.co/2cdWHWjJwT
Britain’s railways are broken. @UKLabour will deliver a publicly owned railway that puts the passenger first. https://t.co/fjfyY0znY4
The biggest overhaul of our train industry in a generation, that’s what @UKLabour Labour is pledging. Great British Rail will put passengers first and put a stop to colossal profits being siphoned off to private firms. More ⬇️🚂! https://t.co/D8VitCD3vF
Breaking: Labour promises rail renationalisation within five years of coming to power. Their costings show that full public ownership will save £2.2 billion per year, under a simplified version of 'Great British Railways.' https://t.co/3jjihWTDKD
Watch LIVE: @LouHaigh announces Labour’s plan to fix Britain’s railways and put passengers first https://t.co/9bHJ11LI1T
Will train fares be cheaper under a Labour government? As the party pledges to renationalise most passenger rail services if elected, Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh tells #R4Today the party 'can't promise' fares will be lowered.
We don’t need to tell you that the Tories have broken Britain’s railways. Labour’s plan will get our railways back on track; driving up standards and bringing down costs. https://t.co/nHhFmyeMR5
'How do you plan for this to be funded?' - @CharlotteHawkns Labour pledges to nationalise the rail network within five years of taking power. Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh is asked to explain how the new public body - Great British Railways - would be funded. https://t.co/A1wqqqV7SY
Labour says it expects to renationalise most passenger rail services within five years if elected. Andy Bagnall from Rail Partners, which represents private operators on the rail network, tells @JonnyDymond without commercial focus costs would 'creep up over time'. #R4Today
Labour’s renewed pledge to renationalise the privatised parts of the UK rail network is today’s @DailyMirror splash. https://t.co/RoiGvynLoL
Labour will pledge to renationalise the railways if elected, in what the party will call the “biggest overhaul to our railways in a generation” ✍️: Helen Corbett https://t.co/CF8nEPkrYQ
Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years, if party is elected https://t.co/bM60G23wiA
It’s time to put an end to Tory rail chaos. My mission-driven government will get Britain moving. We will fix our broken railways and put passengers first.
"We would absolutely achieve this within the first term of the Labour government" shadow transport secretary @LouHaigh tells @KayBurley. Labour pledges to renationalise railways if elected. https://t.co/W8L8OkoKDe 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/qZdkX4Ngwx
This is long overdue. The privatised railways offer a terrible service https://t.co/mTh7xHrytA
"There are failings right across the system" @LouHaigh tells @KayBurley The shadow transport secretary adds Labour's plan to renationalise the railways is one of the "most detailed plans" the party has set out so far. https://t.co/BRAaqim6ze 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/6ZXl9hJioS
the Labour party has pledged to fully renationalise the passenger rail network within a first term if it wins the UK general election, as it promised sweeping reforms of fares to draw people back on to trains https://t.co/odcjK6Qk3y
“We will bring those remaining operators back into public ownership.” @georgeeaton interviews Louise Haigh on Labour’s rail renationalisation plans. https://t.co/qfJCInbPTr
Labour vows to nationalise railways within five years if it wins election | ITV News https://t.co/1s2ftHmMgD
Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years https://t.co/esidrUbWyB
Labour will renationalise the railways during its first term in office, Louise Haigh will confirm today Party claims this could reduce waste by up to £2.2bn a year Story w @adampayne26 👇 https://t.co/kgp3ux2Jfp
Labour says it would nationalise the entire rail network in its first term, if it wins the next election - to drive up standards for passengers and bring down costs. @ayeshahazarika and @thequentinletts debate Labour's plans. https://t.co/dLgmqTOMXm
Labour Says It Will Renationalise The Railways Within Five Years Of Winning Power https://t.co/mMMb01SpUa
Labour says it expects to renationalise most passenger rail services in England within five years, if it is elected. Chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman had more details on #BBCBreakfast https://t.co/jd1qGBAf7j https://t.co/447C0oKmUG
Labour pledges to nationalise the rail network within five years of taking power. A new public body - Great British Railways - would be created to take over existing franchises from private operators as they expire. @JulietDunlop reports. https://t.co/CmkuKNRztE
Coming up on GMB 👇 📰 Labour pledges to nationalise the rail network within five years of taking power. 🗣️ Time to get horses out of the forces? ⭐️ @CliveMyrieBBC joins us in the studio after 8 https://t.co/dKcV3p62Ua
Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power https://t.co/AC6l71sMY4
Labour will promise to deliver the biggest shake-up to rail "in a generation" by establishing the long-delayed Great British Railways (GBR) organisation and bringing routes back into public ownership Read more⬇️ https://t.co/5cVglxlXIU
UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years https://t.co/TYJlxpnEay https://t.co/hvVgNpxy23
Thursday’s @theipaper front page: Labour will start ball rolling on renationalising the railways within weeks of coming to power 🚝 Party plans new railway act in King’s Speech to bring rail system back under public control https://t.co/yu9yDtJCq0
🚨 NEW: Labour promises to fully nationalise the railway network within five years if they win the next election [@guardian]
🚄 NEW: Labour Says Its Plan To Nationalise The Railways Will Save Over £2bn A Year In Waste https://t.co/tugfM0JfpL
Labour pledges to renationalise railways within five years if elected in 'biggest overhaul to railways in a generation' https://t.co/HZAbx1RDor
Labour’s manifesto will pledge to renationalise the railways in full – @georgeeaton interviews shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh. https://t.co/cCo4lCWEey
Labour will bring our railways back into public ownership. Tomorrow, @LouHaigh will set out how she will make this a reality. 🚄 🌹 ✅ https://t.co/mTAElUf8A7
Thursday's front page: Labour’s plan to nationalise UK railways #TomorrowsPapersToday 🔴 Exclusive from @RichardVaughan1 🔗 https://t.co/DkEAq3aq37 https://t.co/6Si94zEMKL
Labour promises publicly owned rail - as Tories slam 'unfunded nationalisation' Read more⬇️ https://t.co/mtlkVKAIke
🚨RMT response to Labour rail announcement 🚄 Mick Lynch, @RMTunion general secretary said: "@UKLabour's commitment to bring the train operating companies into a new unified and publicly owned rail network is in the best interests of railway workers, passengers and the taxpayer. https://t.co/FTSx1kLXfj
🚂🚂 NEW: Labour’s Louise Haigh pledges to deliver the “biggest overhaul to our railways in a generation” ahead of the launch of the party’s “thorough and detailed roadmap” to take Britain’s rail network into public ownership: https://t.co/umufZhbjAO
Thursday’s @guardian front page: Labour pledges to nationalise rail network within five years https://t.co/cFK1vPBNIz https://t.co/blEkuwx3GH
Labour will tomorrow commit to renationalising UK railways within five years of taking power. It would mean big changes to the Scottish network. While ScotRail is already back under public control, all cross-border services would follow suit.
New: Labour will renationalise the railways in full in its first term in office – my interview with shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh. https://t.co/eTUBqK7Kpt
Labour vows to renationalise railways within five years as passengers promised better phone signal https://t.co/Yr0xxpdcJx
MIRROR: Labour: We’ll nationalise rail in five years #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/LLAiinTLWN
I: Revealed: Labour’s plan to nationalise UK railways #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/864vQ3C9t9
THE GUARDIAN: Labour pledges to nationalise rail network within five years #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/nPkZ9Ui7oy
At the @TransportCttee this morning, @GrahameMorrisMP asked the private operators why they had lobbied to ensure that public operators were still barred from the railway, pointing to their growing success and asking "Why are you afraid of competition from the public sector?" 🧵 https://t.co/mZQaXc7bZ2
. @FNVSpoor stands in solidarity with our comrades at @RMTunion fighting against exploitative outsourcing! It's time for @Eurostar to take responsibility and bring Rail Gourmet workers back in-house. Fair pay and treatment for all workers! #EndOutsourcing https://t.co/lghfx8DDYv
Incredible picket line energy from @RMTunion members💥💥 @Eurostar caterers outsourced to Rail Gourmet on strike for pay justice #endoutsourcing #ourworkmatters https://t.co/gCJLvBH1k8