Sylvia Coles, NottinghamAll essential services should be nationalised. That’s rail, water, energy, post office, and schools under local authority control.
Alan Carson, PrudhoeThe first mistake was the Beeching axe. This destroyed the infrastructure which made the re-routing of trains relatively simple.
Justin Cole, WarwickI’m sick of paying ridiculously high fares and having to tolerate consistently poor service.
Barbara Brogan, LetchworthPrivatisation may be cheaper short tern, but if the railways were publicly-owned any future profits would benefit the country not shareholders.
Lucy Caithness, LondonThe lack of communication between private network operators has left train journeys devoid of the human touch that it once had as British Rail.
Marko Lauten, HI’d like to see the railway in public ownership again – in Germany as well as in the UK.
Margaret Hunt, DoncasterEast Coast line has proved that a state-run railway can succeed and make money, so let’s keep it nationalised and extend railway nationalisation.
Moira Garland, LeedsTransport to benefit the country should be run for public benefit, not profit. A unified system makes sense.
Tom Faulkner, EastbourneNothing but delays and strikes on Southern. But fares still keep rising. Privatisation is not helping passengers.
Carl Clifton, NottinghamPrivatising the rail network is the stupidest Idea ever lobbied for by money-grabbing racketeers.
Ian Gornall, PrestonPrivatise it now. Let’s get back to being a real railway again.
Robert Cockcroft, Ashford, KentThe privatised railways are vastly expensive money-pumps from the public purse.
Anthony Webster, Newcastle-upon-TyneNorthern Rail – what a rip off.
Julie Goodman, LondonRailway privatisation is ‘Poll Tax on Wheels’, always has been and always will be. Why are we subsidising it continuously when we could just take it back?
Kathleen Russell, WetherbyRail fares are too expensive. Trains don’t run on time. It’s overdue for a change.
Robert Ibbotson, SheffieldThe Northern Rail franchise is a bad joke.
Josie Wassall, BirminghamPlease make our railway one again. Ever since the fragmentation passengers have become secondary to profits. I think safety issues will be a higher priority then.
Leon SalterNo competition, no investment, still being subsidised with taxpayers’ money going into private hands and outrageous fare rises.
William Markham, DarlingtonThe idea of rail travel was to enable lots of people to travel cheaply, comfortably, safely, and on time. It was for people, not profit. That should still be the aim.
Richard King, BristolRe-nationalise now.
John McIntosh, ThornhillNothing taken out of public ownership is an improvement. All they are interested in are profits for shareholders. The only losers are the consumers.
Leslie Scaife, SouthportApart from the massive debt, fares have risen out of all proportion and they are still getting funding from the public purse. Shareholders win and taxpayers lose.
Lee Featherstone, CroydonI grew up in rural Kent in the 80’s and became a commuter to Central London. The trains were old but the service under BR was reliable- Now is a disgrace.
John Heath, ScunthorpeRail transport is a mess in this country.
Stephen Riggott, SouthamptonTake our now totally fragmented national railway out of the hands of the privateers who are exploiting it to the full. Only re-nationalisation will make it work again.
Simon Kirkham, High WycombeA railway system for the public and owned by the public.
Ellis Sullivan, SheffieldI spoke to a man outside the train station on the subject matter and was quite intrigued. I’m only 14 but it’s part of my future so I thought it was a good idea to sign up.
Phillipa Partington, BedfordA simple, unified rail system with standardised fares has got to be better than the current complicated and still-inadequate rail provision we have.
Joseph Kemp, KeighleyDown with our corporate overlords.
David Ashton, HitchinA well-run public transport system is an essential part of a sustainable society. A properly-funded, publicly owned rail system a key element, less expensive than private.