Gill Heritage, HalifaxDad – BR 30+ years, Grandfather – stationmaster, Auntie – porter, Nana’s family – steam engine drivers and firemen. All for GWR. It’s in the blood.
Owain Glyndwr, HaverfordwestLike all privatisation, the railways are now in a complete mess. More public subsidies than BR ever saw and the service is diabolical.
R SutherlandPublic money goes to Train Operating Companies as subsidies and shareholders’ dividends vanish offshore. How is the current set-up not out and out illegal?
Danny Read, GooleNot necessarily British Rail but we need a less fragmented railway.
Maria Grant, ManchesterBring back a unified rail system to the UK.
Lee Gibson, LincolnIt’s time this fiasco was ended and the country’s backbone run at cost to make us a world leader.
Hugh Pashley, SheffieldThe franchise system is a shambles as illustrated by the West Coast Mainline fiasco. Use of taxpayers money to produce profit for shareholders is a scandal. Stop it now.
John Dunn, ChesterfieldNationalise all privatised industries.
Martin Upham, HornseyRolling stock shortages and the Eurostar sale show privatisation is a disaster. Re-nationalise now.
Ernie Hill, West BromwichI support you all the way.
Steven Gibbons, FolkestoneWe should re-nationalise as it is cheaper than state subsidy of private companies who, with a profit motive, will fail the people in providing a good service.
Michael Hinchcliffe, EdinburghAlthough I have written Edinburgh in the above space for city, I’m from Leeds and travel home regularly. The cost of these train fares is ridiculous and I’m sick of it.
Malcolm Love, SteyningThis sort of concerted action by ordinary people is long overdue. The evidence of privatised rail failure stares us in the face.
Pauline Marshall, YorkRail fares should be fixed at a fair and affordable price throughout the service.
Tim Pinkney, MorpethPassengers before profit should be the mantra and is key to an integrated transport network.
Keith Northeast, NottinghamBring back all privatised industries.
Roger Morris, HonitonI would use the train, but it is so prohibitively expensive to use, that I go everywhere by car, and have done since it was privatised.
Graeme Hannam, HuddersfieldThey should never have privatised British Rail. Re-nationalise it. East Coast run a better service than the privatised companies.
Anthony McKeown, LeedsPlanet > People > Profits.
John Hastie, PrestonI worked for British Rail from 1976. I’m still working in the industry and it’s a wasteful disjointed shambles.
David Haxell, BrightonTime to end the profit-based railway and take it back.
Lee Osborne, SkiptonPublic transport should not be run for private profit.
Lee O’Callaghan, PeterboroughI am embarrassed by the state of our British railways service. As a commuter I am robbed every year of more money to prop it up. We must nationalise now.
Adam Preston, ManchesterIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
Gareth Davies, SwanseaBring back British Rail. Stop corruption and greed in the privatised sector.
Ken Horn, SwadlincoteThe deterioration in the rail network since privatisation has been awful. Profit is all they care about and the paying public don’t matter.
Adam Evans, PontefractThis needs to happen urgently. We are already decades behind most other advanced countries.
Grace Distill, St AlbansThere are some things which should be owned by the people, for the people, not by corporations and fat cats for profit. This is one of them.
Ronald Copeland, BrighouseI support the return of BR.
Alison Leonard, HalifaxTransport for people, not for private profit.