Richard Lewis, SheffieldPlease put Britain’s railways back to when we had the most efficient railways in Europe, i.e. when they were state run, like the majority of European ones are now.
Alec Rivers, FolkestonePublic services should be publicly run. The clue is in the name.
David Alcock, GlasgowHow stupid. Virgin’s Glasgow to Birmingham trains are diesel, but the line is electrified – the price of fragmentation.
Owen Cowells, LothianBBBR now.
Malcolm Smith, LondonIf rail fares continue to increase at this rate, I won’t be able to afford to travel on the network. Therefore I will no longer be able to afford to go to work.
Helen Ingham, LutonPrivatisation doesn’t work. Nationalisation does, if not interfered with by those with vested interests. Get the country moving and working properly again.
Lindsay Gutteridge, ChesterfieldPrivatisation has not improved efficiency, cost, or performance. It has in fact made all these things worse and made life unnecessarily complicated
Richard Gregory, BasildonNo public service should be privatised. The railways were more convenient and cheaper when nationalised.
Bob Doyle, CardiganPeople before profits. Rail and bus travel should be treated as public services and not a means of exploitation.
Steve O’Connor, CambridgePrivatisation of essential services has proved to be costly to the public purse. Without unions in control, nationalisation would be far better.
Matthew Hewson, LouthBring it back to British Rail.
Stephen Baker, BournemouthOf course the railways should be publically owned.
David Willingham, EastbourneMonopoly public services should be in public hands. Our money should be spent solely on the service, not on corporate profits.
Alex Holness, ErithBring back British Rail, a real railway service that worked.
Gwilym Selwood, BrightonClearly Mrs Thatcher was right in her claims for privatisation. That’s why we are all here. Jolly well done. Thanks for everything.
Rob Willis, ShrewsburyYes we need cheap trains.
Mark Ricketts, PlymouthThe railways have gone down since privatisation. Bring back not-for-profit British Rail.
Sohail Zafar, LondonAll strategic industries must be in state ownership.
Michael Bodycomb, CambridgeIt’s just so blindingly obvious isn’t it?
Kathryn Thomas, Radcliffe-on-TrentThe ludicrously complicated fare structures have to go.
Barry Mahar, FromeI’m sick of hearing things like your ticket is not valid on trains run by so-and-so, whereas with just one company, there would be no problem.
Chris Frost, LondonBring back the rail industry into public ownership.
Bradley White, DerbyshireI agree.
Donald Rutherford, LeylandIt must also be remembered that the Beeching axe fell under British Rail.
Clive Pinnock, MaryportBring back British Rail.
David Lienard, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation is a capitalist threat to democracy.
Alan Daw, SunderlandKeep East Coast in public hands.
Georgios Siminas, ManchesterPrivatisation has allowed behemoths of companies to immorally inflate rail prices and has left us with no alternative but to empty our wallets in order to travel.
Margaret Green, GlasgowThe rash of privatisations which started in the 1980s has impoverished many people and failed to deliver good, or even adequate, services for all.
Jennifer Postlethwaite, BewdleyThen we might have a suitable rail service near us.