Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kelvin Hopkins (Labour), on Wednesday, 6 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF THAMESLINK/GREAT NORTHERN FRANCHISE

That this House remains deeply concerned that despite public subsidy being more than three times the amount received by British Rail, passengers continue to endure far worse punctuality rates than under public ownership; notes proposals to create a new Thameslink/Great Northern franchise by combining existing operations at the Thameslink and Great Northern (currently WAGN) franchises to take effect from April 2006; welcomes the improvements in performance and reliability on South Eastern Trains since this service returned to the public sector, and the report by Catalyst think-tank stating that public ownership of the railway would save a minimum of ??500 million a year; and therefore calls upon the Government to integrate passenger services on the current Thameslink and Great Northern routes into the public sector as the existing franchises expire.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

532 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Desmond Turner

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Jim McGovern

Linda Riordan

Subjects

Franchises Railways Thameslink Rail West Anglia Great Northern Railway

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk