Bert Bell, Barnstaple
11th July 2013 | Your Views
A cost-effective and efficient service can be achieved by a single provider of a nationalised rail service.
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Peter Wiltsher, Stratford-upon-AvonI think the public not-for-profit company which ran the East Coast line should have been allowed to bid when the contract came up for renewal.
Chris Harmer, NailsworthTrains should be for public service not private profit. Our early train to London is £140 and a later train is £35. Pensioners cannot afford this opportunism.
Lynda Lorenzo, Sutton-on-SeaA long-time commuter in my youth, now living where there is no rail service – but strongly believe rail network should all be in public ownership.
John Campbell, ManchesterReverse this ridiculous example of Tory dogma as soon as possible. The Railtrack fiasco proved how poorly thought out it all was.
Greg Morris, GlenrothesOn train today from Aberdeen to Kirkcaldy and got removed from train at Dundee as train was no longer stopping at stations past Dundee until Edinburgh. Total disgrace.
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