Nicholas Lyle, Woking / PortsmouthAffordable, local rail services for everyone!
Alan Corner, MiddlesbroughInstitutions like British Rail should have never been privatised. The companies are milking the public dry while running a poor service.
Richard Glazzard, Tunbridge WellsI am rarely on a train these days that is (a) on time, (b) not broken (c) has a driver or (d) completes its whole journey without being discontinued early.
Tim Perry, LondonSNCF, DB, SNCB, rail in Denmark, the Netherlands etc. All work very well, are bang up-to-date, and are cheaper, with plenty of investment and modernisation. Why not BR?
Alan Webb, Milton KeynesPut the railways back into public ownership to let the users share the ownership and put pride back into our railways.
Marie Hughes, SouthwellAs a regular user of the East Coast line, I fervently want the line to remain in public hands.
Pat McCarthy, ClevelandTransport for people and environment, not for profit.
Terry Hayes, IlfracombeFirst Great Western run the oldest rolling stock in the country to Barnstaple. It’s a disgrace, and an embarrassment to the visitors of our beautiful area. It needs sorting.
Gary Gilmore, Glasgow25 years of disorder need to be addressed.
Aubrey Brazier, DraycottI’m ex BR retired. Stop HS2 in the process. It was planned by people who can only draw straight lines.
Malcolm George, WakefieldWe need a rail network to service citizens not city banks.
Kenneth Muschamp, RetfordPrivatisation doesn’t work for the public, only for the shareholders. Let’s get it back working for the public.
Lynne Finn, LondonBritish Rail should never have been privatised in the first place. Let’s get it back and then set to getting the Royal Mail back too.
Dan Nash, West SussexI travel with Southern daily. If half the money poured into that franchise had been poured into British Rail, it would’ve been a success.
Aaron Owens, LiverpoolMerseyrail is a disgusting excuse for a rail network, run only for profit and it has impacted my life negatively. Something needs to be done about it.
Brian Rattray, AberdeenPrivatisation has been one of the biggest disasters of all time.
Ethan Humble, WhitbyBring Back BR.
Joan Maclellan, EdinburghSave East Coast from privatisation.
Daniel De Conceicao Silva, WorthingI totally agree with you. Bring back British Rail and dismantle Southern Railway. I am a regular commuter on the West Coast way and it is a disgraceful line.
John Shaw, SeahamTories will never understand that these essentials belong to the British public and are not to be used to line their pockets or those of their evil rich friends.
Peter Dornan, LondonRe-nationalise and take the train network out of the hands of the robbers.
Sofia Layton, HeckmondwikeCompetition doesn’t work in our public services. There’s no real choice. Attempting to create choice only creates waste. Profit is also waste. Adopt the East Coast model.
Mic Hankin, AshfordBritish Rail was the best employer I’ve worked for in the last 25 years.
John Sillitoe, EndonWe already subsidise the rail network heavily so we might as well go the whole hog and own the lot and simplify a chaotic system.
Mary Louise Brown, AberdeenThe rail network should be a public utility.
Harry Neeve, BarnsleyI’m actually sick of foreign governments jacking up our rail fares and simply not caring. What we need is our railways run by the government with more investment and care.
Mike Watkins, ChirburyToo many people can no longer afford to use the railways. The prices are the most expensive in Europe. Profits should be for British people.
Abigail Meadow, ManchesterNorthern Rail are constantly allowed to give a sub-par service to its overpaying customers and it does not care about the welfare of its staff.
Amy Leach, LeedsRailways are simply not a service that can be run for private profit. There’s only one line there, so competition isn’t a natural feature.
David Lines, DorkingRail privatisation was yet another blunder by Major and his like. I knew people in the rail privatisation office who confirmed it was a totally political move.