ProjectPayback

Network Rail compensate Greater Anglia for delays of 5mins+. Make sure you claim when it's 15mins+ (inc cancellations!). #miserytax

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Spain built a 385.9 mile high speed train line from Madrid to Barcelona it cost £8.1bn.

The UK is still building a 140 mile high speed train line which will cost over £100bn.

Who is stealing all the money?

[Bring Back British Rail @bringbackBR]

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

[The Purple Pimpernel @Eyeswideopen69]

And the Tories would have you believe the railworkers are the thieves…

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Privatisation scam

Profits of private firms leasing trains to UK railway trebled.

£409.7m dividend paid to shareholders. Profit margins rose to 41.6%.

Rail companies got £75bn subsidy in the last decade.

We hand out free money, pay sky-high fares.
https://t.co/M4Y3Mbwx0a

[Pam Myers @RorschachPam]

Ok this bit is mind blowing. Two and a half hours to cover that much of France. Sitting in a comfy 1st class seat for about £30. Has France a) broken the laws of time & physics or b) invested in infrastructure #TRAIN

[Jaden Marshall @jaden_marshy]

You increase rail fares , yet your trains look like this

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

"They choose to put the fares up to keep profits going to these private companies, and they tell us we're responsible for a wage price spiral."

Eddie Dempsey debunks Tory messaging on this year's rail disputes.

[James Nokise @JamesNokise]

I’m not quite sure how to explain what’s happened tonight, because it’s still happening - but here goes…

At 4:40pm I jumped on a train from London to Edinburgh..

It was comfy, it was quiet

In hindsight, too good to last…

[BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime]

“It’s the government that causes far more disruption to my twice daily travel on the trains than a union has ever done”

Journalist Peter Hitchens shares his views on planned RMT rail strikes

#bbcqt https://t.co/RpFOWqMThZ

[Slimothy @slimtimcann]

@GNev2 @UKLabour I'm in Spain
Just travelled to and from Madrid via train
2.5 hours each way
Leather reclining seats,full free video/ audio package.Left / arrived on time to the minute. Team of cleaners met each train at destination. Cheap tickets.
Oh yes...its Government owned too.❤🇪🇸

[onekade @onekade]

DUE TO THE WAR TRAINS ONLY COME EVERY 6-7 MINUTES.

DUE TO THE WAR

THEY ONLY COME

EVERY 6-7 MINUTES

@MBTA

[abolish all things @Drooan]

‘Capitalism breeds innovation’

[Valerie Farrington 💙 @Valhalla51]

This is an eye opener

[ProjectPayback @ProjectPayback]

@Elaine_Adams1 @adbalfour @Richard18618097 Yep. Same is happening to OUR NHS

[Richard Curtis @Richard18618097]

I am on a train from Milan to Rome. It's the most comfy train I've ever been on, and it's doing 250kmh. Plenty of seats going, reasonable price, nice smart helpful staff, perfect. That's what you can have if your railways are nationalised.

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

‘All the border check places are fully staffed.’

Worth listening to @SimonCalder on the queues at Dover caused by #Brexit

#BBCBreakfast via @Haggis_UK

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

• 🇪🇸 Spain: free rail from Sept.
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: free rail full stop.
• 🇩🇪 Germany: €9 unlimited rail travel per month

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: Up to £750 return just to get from Birmingham to Newcastle (return)