On 1st January 2017, the government will announce a further rise in rail fares for UK train passengers. It’s the Christmas present no one asked for – rather than giving us the gift of proper investment in rail infrastructure and full public ownership, yet again passengers are paying more but getting less.
While fares keep rising, cuts to services and staffing are taking place across the network – with more ticket offices closing, removal of guards from trains, extension of driver only operations and fewer staff at stations to provide help when we need it.
Action for Rail is organising a day of action on Tuesday, 3rd January 2017. We are calling for a publicly owned railway with affordable fares to end this #RailRipOff.
Public ownership of rail could deliver cheaper fares. If the lines up for renewal this parliament were taken back into public ownership, that could save around £1.5bn – which could fund a 10 per cent cut in season tickets and other regulated fares from 2017. A third (£520m) of this £1.5bn saving would come from recouping the money private train companies pay in dividends to their shareholders.
Below are the details of station actions which will be taking place. This page will be updated as actions are confirmed, so please check this page regularly.
Larger actions will be taking place at two major UK stations. Please come and support if you are able to.
| London King’s Cross |
08. 00 |
| Manchester Piccadilly |
08. 00 |
Other confirmed actions are below –
| Station |
Times |
| Aberdare |
06:45-08:00 |
| Abergavenny |
07:30-10:00 |
| Ascot |
08.00-10.00; 17.00-19.00 |
| Basildon |
05:30-09:00 |
| Barrrow-in-Furness |
06.30-9.30 |
| Bedford |
17:00-18:00 |
| Berwick-on-Tweed |
08:00-10:00 |
| Bingley |
09.00-11.00 |
| Birmingham New Street |
07.30-10.00 |
| Birmingham Moor Street |
16.00-17.00 |
| Bolton |
07:00-09:00; 16:00-18:30 |
| Bournemouth |
12.00-14.00; 17.30-18.45 |
| Bridgwater |
08.00- |
| Brighouse |
16:00 |
| Bristol Temple Meads |
07.30-08.30 |
| Bromley South |
16.00-18.00 |
| Burgess Hill |
17:00-19:30 |
| Burley |
08:00 |
| Burton-on-Trent |
07.30-09.00 |
| Cardiff |
07.30-09.00 |
| Carlisle |
07:30-09:30 |
| Chelmsford |
07:30-08:30 |
| Chester |
16.00-18.00 |
| Christchurch |
16.30-17.30 |
| Clifton Down, Bristol |
17.00-18.30 |
| Colchester |
07:00 |
| Colchester North |
07:00 |
| Coventry |
08. 00 |
| Crewe |
07.00-09.00 |
| Crewe |
07.30-09.00 |
| Crossflatts |
09.00-11.00 |
| Darlington |
17:00-19:00 |
| Dorchester |
07:00-09:00 |
| Downham Market |
05.30-09.00 |
| Ealing Broadway, London |
17.30 – 19.00 |
| Eltham |
07:30-09:30 |
| Exeter Central |
17:00-18:00 |
| Exeter St Davids |
08:30-09:30 |
| Glasgow Central (4 January) |
17:00 |
| Golders Green, London |
07:30 |
| Hassocks |
07:00-08:30 |
| Hastings |
07:30; 17:30 |
| Havant |
07:30 |
| Hove |
17:00-19:00 |
| Huddersfield |
17:00-18:15 |
| Ipswich |
17:45-19:30 |
| Kent |
07:30 |
| Kidderminster |
17:00 |
| Kings Lynn |
07:00-09:30 |
| Leamington |
06:30-07:30 |
| Leeds |
07. 30 |
| Liverpool Lime Street |
07:30-09:30 |
| London Liverpool Street |
11:00-13:00 |
| London Road, Brighton |
07.00-08.30 |
| London Waterloo |
08:00 |
| Long Eaton |
07.30-90.00 |
| Manchester Piccadilly |
07:30-09:30 |
| Marston Green |
07:00-09:00 |
| Mauldeth Road, Manchester |
09:00-12:00 |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
06:30 |
| Middlesborough |
17:00-19:00 |
| Newcastle |
16.00-18.00 |
| Northampton |
06:00-08:00 |
| Norwich |
08.30-09.30; 16.30-17.30 |
| Nottingham |
07.30-9.00 |
| Olton |
07:00-09:00 |
| Orpington |
16:00-18:00 |
| Oxford |
06:30 |
| Oxford Parkway |
07:30-09:30 |
| Peterborough |
07:00 |
| Poole |
14.30-15.30 |
| Portslade |
07:00-19:00 |
| Preston Park, Brighton |
06:00-09.15; 17:00-20:00 |
| Pulborough |
06.00-08.30 |
| Saltaire |
07:30-09:00 |
| Sheffield |
06.00-18.00 |
| Sherborne |
07.00-09.00 (approx) |
| Shipley |
07:30-09:00 |
| Shirley |
07:00-09:00 |
| Solihull |
07:00-09:00 |
| Southampton Central |
07:00 |
| Southport |
07:30-09:00 |
| Stafford |
08:00 |
| Stevenage |
07:00-08:30 |
| Stockport |
07.30-09:30 |
| Stourbridge Junction |
06.30-08.30 |
| Stowmarket |
07:30 |
| Stratford |
06:30-07:30 |
| Swindon |
17:30-18:30 |
| Taunton |
06:30 |
| Telford |
17:00-07:30 |
| Ulverston |
15:00-18:00 |
| Wareham |
08:00-10:00 |
| Walsall |
07.15-08.45; 17.15-18.30 |
| Warwick |
06:30-07:30 |
| Warwick Parkway |
06:30-07:30 |
| Watford Junction |
08:00-09:30 |
| West Malling |
07. 00 |
| Weston-Super-Mare |
10:00 |
| Weston-super-Mare |
07:00-09:00 |
| Weymouth |
07:00-09:00 |
| Whistable |
07:00 |
| Windsor & Eton Riverside |
08.00-10.00; 17.00-19.00 |
| Windsor Central |
08.00-10.00; 17.00-19.00 |
| Wolverhampton |
07:30-09:30 |
| Worcester Foregate Street |
07:00 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill |
07:00 |
| Yate |
14:00 |
| Yeovil Junction |
16.00-18.00 (approx) |
| Yeovil Pen Mill |
16.00-18.00 (approx) |
| York |
08:00-09:30 |
| West Malling |
07. 00 |
Please take action – sign our petition to Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of State for Transport, calling on him to support affordable fares and a publicly owned railway that puts people before profits.
About The Author
Kathryn Mackridge
Kathryn is a Policy & Campaigns Support Officer in the TUC's Organisation and Services Department. She works on public services campaigns and with young workers.
