Can the privatised railways get any worse?

Privatisation is really backward. Our rail network has gone down the toilet, all in the name of private profits. Change it.

Private rail companies do not work well because no-one is responsible for the whole network. We need unity.

I totally agree with you. Bring back British Rail and dismantle Southern Railway. I am a regular commuter on the West Coast way and it is a disgraceful line.

None of the essential public services should ever have been privatised, transport especially. The backbone of a working successful Britain, strong and globally competitive.

Do it now.

Privatisation has failed and is a rip-off, just as many of us said when this misbegotten scheme to enrich investors was hatched.

Being able to travel is a human right not a commodity to buy and sell.

Everything is repeated several times over without any meaningful competition.

Expropriate, not just re-nationalise.

Railways for people not private profit.

British Rail cost the taxpayer half a billion a year. Today, the rail network costs us £5 billion. A stunningly successful privatisation then!

We need it.

We talked about this idea over beer years ago. I can’t believe it’s happening.

The fact that the East Coast Mainline can run well at less of a cost to taxpayers shows how rail privatisation is conning us all.

There is no reason why a government-run rail system can’t be efficient.

Rail should be under unified public ownership, only more accountable than it was before to passengers and employees.

Let’s Bring back British Rail and bring down fares.

Fares are too expensive.

The only ethical way to run any public transport system is for the public’s benefit and not shareholders’.

The worst thing was selling off our railway.

It was lunacy to privatise in the first place. Railways should be for the public good – for people not profit.

Bring back British Rail then fewer cars on the roads.

Privatisation was always a ridiculous idea and we need a transport network that is cheap, reliable and not dictated by the blinkered profit motive of rich investors.

Bring back British Rail.

As a regular traveller to London to visit family, I have noticed the service is better under public ownership and in profit. This model should be applied to all railways.

All essential services and transport should be brought back into public ownership. There has been a steady decline in all of these services since they were privatised.

Nationalise them. Get rid of the robber barons and get back to fair fares and decent rolling stock.

It’s not socialism, it is just sense.

It’s about time multimillionaires in parliament remembered they work for us. They don’t rule us. They should do something we want for once, not what their rich mates want.