Wendy Squires, LutonThe East Coast Line proves that public is at least better. More public money going in now than before privatisation – to shareholders.
David Leigh, St.AlbansI object to paying for infrastructure that private firms will profit from. Public investment should support public services.
Mike Sherry, DudleyGet all our utilities back into public ownership.
Vince Jerrison, TrewalderStop incompetent companies intent on profit ruining our services and get a grip on it again.
Howard Gough, WakefieldPrivatisation does not create competition; it creates monopolies.
George Symes-Davidson, PlymouthThe rail service is terrible and tickets are too expensive. It costs me less in fuel and insurance combined to get most places in my car, instead of using rail.
Charles Zebroski, SwindonBring it all back.
Linda Padgett, HalifaxThese railway networks must belong to the Nation to serve our people without damaging the countryside but modernised for the future.
Kadam Hussain, LeedsEast Coast mainline is profitable. Apply this template to the other companies and re-nationalise. Nothing wrong with a profitable state-owned system.
Stephen Murray, GatesheadWe should have kept it as it was. Fares are too expensive. I travel by road as it’s cheaper.
Elizabeth Plumb, CambridgeDo what other countries do and subsidise the rail network and bring back British Rail. It worked.
Richard Merriman, Melton MowbrayI’m sick of being ripped off by Tory fat cats.
James Register, LondonGood luck.
Adam Halls, BathBritish Rail should come back and run our railways.
Frank McQuade, MotherwellNot before time listen to the public.
James Gibson, IrvineVital services like NHS, power, trains etc. should be run for the people they serve not for vast profit or obscene bonuses for directors.
Michael Warwick, UlverstonI’m embarrassed by the standard of service. It’s appalling. Broken. You buy a ticket, cross your fingers, and play the cancellation and bus replacement game.
Robert Pankhurst, St AlbansPrivatisation of public services has been a disaster (except for the fat cats). Let’s take back as our own.
Keith Rogers, BirminghamPeople before profit.
Robert Harper, NottinghamPrivatisation hasn’t worked for the travelling public. Politicians, their friends, corporate bodies, the City etc. have profited from privatisation. It’s a public service.
Alan Thomson, WareKeep East Coast Trains in public ownership and add also Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect.
Christopher R Wintle, BirminghamAffordable travel for all.
Peter Tatchell, LondonPublic services should be under public ownership and control – not for private profit.
Simon Turner, Higham FerrersI’m living in a town those rogues took the railway away from.
James Long, ManchesterOrdinary people pay for the railways through fares and subsidy. Why can’t they be run for our benefit?
Bernard Freudenthal, LondonRail privatisation has been a gravy train for incompetent private companies. The chaos of it is staggering. Other national railways are walking off with profits from us.
Gareth Bridges, SwindonBring back British Rail.
Colin Telford, TruroStinky dirty two-carriage boneshaker trains, overcrowded in summer. Even when the insides are renovated they still leave grime in the recesses.
Benjamin Denton-Cardew, IpswichAside from GNER, Anglia Railways and Chiltern, privatisation has done nothing for the discerning passenger.
Jacqui Lewis, HookWe’ve tried global privatisation – look where it got us. Let’s return to publicly-owned local and national services run for the public good.