Antonia Martinez, Stockton-on-TeesWith private rail companies one of the main considerations is profit and keeping shareholders happy. Bring back British Rail – a public service that serves the public.
Kenneth Johnson, AlnwickI’m an ex railway employee, when it was British Rail until Beeching had his way.
Anthony Hill, CreweBring back British Rail and stop the Tory destruction of the country’s infrastructure.
Blair Breton, SouthseaModelled on the East Coast service.
Marsh Stephens, HullBring back British Rail.
Brian Boulton, BradfordSelling off the assets of British Rail was legalised theft.
Edward Sherlock, CarmarthenAfter twenty years of greed, incompetence and lack of investment, it is time to accept that private capital cannot run a railway or a health service.
Simon Newell, LondonThe Tories are disgracefully making worse what they started in the early 90s to benefit their rich friends.
Jack Sayers Shaw, BournemouthThe railway is a public method of transport, fascination and convenience. I believe private companies should have no say in how our railways are run.
Joe Wood, LondonOur country should be united by one, fair rail system, run in the interest of the country and not for profit.
Peter Sansom, GlasgowPrivatisation has meant soaring ticket prices, ever larger subsidies and inferior service. Transport in the hands of the state (East Coast) will always outperform private.
Ian Crockford, BirminghamBritish Rail I miss you!
Brian Bentley, BathThe money we pay for train travel would be better spent by a nationalised rail service. I’m sick of paying for fourth rate service.
Christine Skinner, LondonAs a student in the sixties I could travel from London to Brighton for a pound and. on occasions for an extra shilling (5p), travel on the famous Brighton Belle In luxury.
Leslie Holder, ReadingMy late father worked for BR and Rail Track and always moaned about how bad things had got after the take over, about penny-pinching mend-and-make-do and poor management.
Hywel Phillips, ReadingThe privatised railways are a total mess. Re-nationalise and run them as a public service, like, say, the roads.
Kate Doyle, CambridgeIt would be nice to get a service that worked. Train travel is brilliant. When you pay for a seat you should get one. It should be run for people not profit.
Karen Maloney, MaidstoneBring back British Rail. It belongs to us, the public.
Soizic De St John Rosse, TruroSort it out.
Paddy Costall, LondonShameful actions by respective governments have badly served the population as a whole. Labour need to get back to principles and act, before it’s too late. Some chance.
Bob Pearson, ChelmsfordNone of the essential public services should ever have been privatised, transport especially. The backbone of a working successful Britain, strong and globally competitive.
Steve O’Donnell, LancasterAlmost every country in Europe has state-run railways, all of which are better than ours. I know because I have used them extensively.
Richard Norris, HullFor too long the profits of these private companies have been fed back into the pockets of shareholders at the expense of the British public.
Mark Bishop, YorkWhat is wrong with a service? Why does everything have to provide a profit to shareholders?
Malcolm Davison, GatesheadWe have a ridiculously fragmented and expensive rail system. It is time it was taken back into public ownership.
Brian Mitchell, LondonIt is ludicrous that we have to pay for an over-expensive, inefficient railway system because of the political dogma of politicians.
Jessica Gale, NottinghamThis is our railway. It should be run as a service and not profit going into private hands.
Danfox Davies, BournemouthBeeching made the railways fail. To rebuild their strength bring back British Rail.
Stephen Cullen, PrescotRailways not for private profit.
Marc Harris, BlackpoolA railway for people, not profit.