David Rossiter, LondonPrivatisation has failed – it would be cheaper if it was owned by us. The farce needs to end.
Sheila English, NewportIt’s quite simple. They should never have been sold off as they belong to the people.
Jarvis Coxwell, FarnhamThe current British railway system is inherently flawed, and has gone noticeably downhill. As a 24 year old, I am struggling to afford the 1 hour commute into London.
Jill Malenoir, AndoverSince the sell-off, prices have gone sky high. Occasional travellers cannot afford the fares, trains are crowded, even at off-peak times.
Marianne Bennett, MilnthorpeThe nuclear industry is in public ownership and we pay over and over. The railway system should be in public ownership.
Julia Charlton, Newcastle upon TyneEast Coast is working well – keep it public.
Mel Thomas, Blaenau FfestiniogThey should never have been privatised in the first place. But beware of legislation that would globally prevent this.
Mike Shaw, EdinburghBBBR.
Mark Barrett, LutonPrivatisation has delivered little or no improvement to the rail network. All we have is higher fares and richer shareholders.
Mark Donoghue, DartfordPublic services are not for profit.
Maddy Whitby, Stow-on-the-WoldI’ve caught the Cotswold Line trains for six years and I cannot recall a time when I could call them consistent or reliable.
Edward Wilson, ChedistonWe need to bring British Rail as well as the rest of the UK infrastructure into public ownership.
Dario Giudici, StevenageI joined British Rail in 1983 and am still in the industry today. I can’t believe we pay people to run a service so that they can make a profit.
Daniel Hadley, BrightonPrivatisation has been shown again and again to make public services worse, not better. Railways are not set up for a competitive market.
Joshua Langstaff, DriffieldWe need cheaper, people-friendly fares not company fares. If we go back to state ownership of railways with British Rail everyone should have a better outcome.
Liz Andelin, OtleyIt’s about time it was returned to us. East Coast Rail has proved that it works better than privately-owned.
Sue Radford, YorkWe are a not very big island in the Atlantic ocean The railways, like electricity and gas should be run by the nation for the nation. We don’t need corporate investors.
Annette Lillig, EdinburghRailways should be run for people, not for profit.
Philip Gibbard, CambridgeThe railways should be a publicly-owned, fully integrated, modern service, not a money-making machine for a few greedy companies subsided by the taxes.
Margaret Powell, LondonThey should never have been sold off.
Sally RennerThe sums just don’t add up. I would like my train journey to be cheaper than car travel or at least not wildly more expensive.
Paul Williamson, CoventryBR gave us the 125 and 225. Privatisation gave us Voyagers – and taxpayers’ money syphoned off into tax havens and foreign governments.
Alastair Allan, HaddingtonLet us get back to providing a railway that is for passengers and not shareholders, and a service that is not an embarrassment to Britain.
Joe Sims, BristolTheir profligate greed is bringing this country to a standstill. A service should be just that and all profits made should be driven back into making services better.
Kathryn Read, NottinghamPlease can we get things joined up again. I am fed up with a rail network using different operators and shopped out maintenance. It was better before.
Jean-Marie Avril, CheltenhamPrivatisation sucks in England.
Paul Cockerton, LondonThanks.
George Tuck, GatesheadLike may privatised national assets, the service went down and prices up to satisfy the fat cats and to hell with customers.
Leslie Reid, AberdourIt is one area where it makes sense to subsidise public transport for economic benefit in moving the population around safely.
Andrew Macmillan, GlasgowTime to put the resources of the community back into community ownership.