It was only a few short months ago that we were protesting this year's rail fare rises.
Yet despite continued chaos, delays and disruption on our privatised rail network, fares are set to rise AGAIN next year.
This week, RMT published research detailing the dodgy behaviour and sky-high profits of the rolling stock companies - the organisations that lease out trains to be used on our railway. These companies sent £1.2 BILLION in dividends to shareholders between 2012 and 2018.
We know that public ownership of our railway is the only way to really deliver for passengers - it’s the only way to stop our fares leaking out into private profits, and create a railway which is actually accountable to the people who use and work on it.
Let’s tell the new transport secretary, Grant Shapps, loud and clear on Wednesday 14th August that we want a railway that works for people, not profit.
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