Mike FriendPrivatisation benefited the very people who controlled the government that was in power at the time and we are now sadly seeing the results.
Deborah Evans, YorkI’m sick of paying over the odds for what is often a very poor service.
Luca Jeffery, RotherhamI’d love to see the old 91s and also the old locos back and also nice to see some new BR AC/DC locos.
Elliott Clark, CrawleyPublic ownership for public services.
Philip Davis, BirminghamThe fragmented privatised railway is still paid for by the taxpayer, yet is so inefficient that it costs three times what BR cost. It’s time to give us back our national railway.
Kevin Larkin, BristolFares highest in the world.
Michelle Doidge, WorcesterThey should never have been privatised in the first place as it has now become an inefficient way of running the railway.
Ian Roberts, TelfordBring the railways back under state control and provide a better service to passengers.
Simone Abram, SheffieldRailways are a national asset and work best in public ownership.
David Miller, DurhamThe Green Party idea of picking up the franchises as they become available and building British Rail back up is an absolute winner.
Oliver Steward, NorwichReturn our railways to public ownership.
John Steggles, BedfordWe must bring the railways back under public ownership to stand a chance of bringing fares down to an acceptable level.
David Humphreys, WrexhamWhen they brought in the new Railways why have it all split up with one company owning the tracks and another the stations etc. Bring it back under public ownership.
William Earle, ScunthorpeBring back reasonably-priced rail fares. Stop the profit-making and re-invest in modern rolling stock.
Andrew Day, LondonWhy are we paying taxes? Give back our infrastructure.
Kevin Spice, MaidstoneWe should be supporting our rail network not other ones in Europe.
Gareth Gwyn-Jones, BarnetRail privatisation – made for ideological reasons and to remove subsidies from government funds. Now subsidies are higher than before. I.
Glenn Richards, Wotton-under-EdgeThe HST (125) had a perfect safety record under BR. Within a few years of privatisation, profit before safety, there were two crashes in London with massive fatalities.
Andy Blanchflower, GatesheadJust watch Caroline Lucas’s and Ellie Harrison’s You-tube clips from my party conference. They’re excellent. Reducing fares by 18% would help to make train travel affordable.
James Andrew Robson, LeedsPut passengers before profits. We’re the only country in Europe that has a privately-run national railway network, with poor governmental control and ‘toothless’ regulators.
Graham Bowden, Ashford, KentThis should be done after the next general election. Bring back British Rail – that would make jobs and be better for everyone.
Martina Lednicka, GravesendI commute every day and the service is awful. I’m delayed on a nearly daily basis but because the delays are for less than 30 minutes it means I’m not entitled to compensation.
Barb Sheppard, WindermereI am really fed up about the sky-rocketing price of train tickets brought about by the “free market” model. My family are scattered and can rarely afford to get together.
Richard Lee, LiverpoolThere are too many outside contractors. It’s a real mess and needs sorting out.
William Watts, ReadingThe name says it all.
Gavin Edwards, LondonThe heart of the railway is the people, but privatisation has put profits and shareholders first. We need British Rail back to run services for the people.
Bill Porter, LiverpoolStop destroying our magnificent railways and heritage just to make a financial killing.
Bruce Williams, DyffrynHaving worked for BR as a signalman for 20 years, I have seen our railway system slowly deteriorate into the shambles it is now.
Deborah McIlveen, OxfordI want a nationalised railway that uses public money to provide a service for the public – not to make profits for company shareholders.
Jason Warner, RaundsBring back British Rail. A unified railway is a good railway.