Rebecca Michel, ExeterCivilised societies run transport, health, education etc. as services, not opportunities for private profit.
Sam Wahnon, ManchesterIt costs almost £150 to get from Manchester to see family in Devon. It’s cheaper to fly to Paris. What a joke.
Ray Barker, LondonKeep infrastructure for the benefit of the people.
Liam Woods, BrightonPrivatisation of British Rail was the biggest farce our country has ever created.
Darren Wright, DerbyGood start, then we need water, power, banks, the NHS and schools all re-nationalised.
Simon Howles, SalfordPrivatisation of the railways was a con, designed to make money for the already wealthy. If I was a thief I’d have more self-respect than the CEOs of the train operators.
Kenneth Mudd, GuisboroughEast Coast mainline runs at a profit, so why not run them all?
Adam Fekete, HarrogateTrains rock.
John Strachan, CuparI think its great that such a campaign is in action, for a great cause – to make a more accessible and fairly priced railway service for all.
Ronald Donnelly, LondonPrivatisation has patently not worked.
Isabella Willis, CrewkerneIt’s long overdue to stop the con of privatisation.
John Tidy, LondonI want rail transport run for its users. We can’t go back to the under-investment of the BR era, and the current arrangements are unsustainable. A new paradigm is needed.
June Sutherby, PocklingtonPrivatisation for profit is obscene, selfish, greedy and undemocratic.
Ed Brown, NottinghamPublic transport should always be socially-owned.
Mike Smith, Newcastle upon TyneBring back British Rail – all is forgiven.
Connor Gray, FarehamThe idea of running a key transport service for profit with no real competition has seen prices rise and no improvement in service. This is pricing out many people.
Alan Pope, PeterboroughNo more messing about with different fares and different companies.
James Dougill, GooleI fully agree.
Stephen Smith, HawickThere is no need for the profit motive in the rail industry, but a socially-owned network cannot return to the pre-90s. We can learn from the privatisation experiment.
Ken Tarrant, NewhavenOn the 16th July I was on Clapham Junction station when a train for Portsmouth arrived. It was only four coaches long and was so packed that many people didn’t get on, MP’s are a joke.
Paul Foden, PlymouthOccasional rail user thoroughly hacked-off by rail company profiteering.
George Percy, North ShieldsThanks Dr Beeching. Power to the people.
Terrence Edwards, CardiffTake our railway back now.
Leon Kennedy, Hong KongI lived in the UK until a month ago, and East Coast offers a much better service than all the other rail operators. I suspect it’s because it’s government-run, as BR was.
Graeme Booth, OrpingtonWe must re-nationalise rail – at the moment it is just a charity for the rich.
Daniel Clark, GatesheadThere is no reason not to.
George HollidayStop cramming people onto trains just to make a profit. Improve the service and re-nationalise now.
Lynne Campbell, DurhamBring back British Rail.
Sarah Macdonald, MelbourneCompared to other countries our current situation is ludicrous. The railway should be for the benefit of the people not for the benefit of the corporations.
Stagger Lloyd, SheffieldI cannot comment without swearing that utilities the public paid for can be sold off to private businesses.