Alex Morgan, BristolSafety sacrificed for profit.
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.
Carol Wheeler, NottinghamshirePlease lets have British Rail turned back to British Rail. There have been far too many British industries sold off and not for the best of reasons.
Kyle Cadwallader, LiverpoolThe rail system is shocking. They say trains are always on time yet they are not. If my software deployments where always late, I would have no job.
David Willoughby, Houghton-le-SpringThe quicker the better.
Stew Baddiley, KempstonSoon.
Joshua Tyler, RotherhamHow has rail got so bad and so expensive? Turn it into just one company and bring back British Rail.
Neil Tattersall, YorkPrivatisation clearly doesn’t work.
Andrew Clark, Barrow in FurnessWhy does it cost seven times more to get a train from Barrow to London than it does to get a plane from Manchester to Spain? This is unacceptable.
James Siddle, WakefieldTransport, health and utilities should never be in the hands of the private sector.
Ant Butler, PiltonRail communication – like any other monopolistic structure – must be managed centrally to be safe, efficient and affordable.
Sean DurneyEnd rewarding shareholder profits for high price tickets and cost driven, unreliable services. Invest in the railways and get cars and trucks off the roads.
Stephen Ward, CarnforthAs a pedestrian, motorist and rail user, it is high time rail users enjoyed an equal ‘playing-field’ with road users.
Iain Wordsworth, SheffieldIt is more than time to end this absolute shambles that gives us the worst and most expensive railways in Western Europe.
Scott Headley, LeicesterI want the railways brought back to public ownership because these private companies are useless.
Nigella Kennedy, LondonYes, we would sincerely like British Rail to be brought back to the British public.
John Gowers, KelsoPublic services should be just that, not vehicles for private company profits.
Susan Dawson, RosudgeonNeither trains, railways nor buses should ever have been privatised. High prices for poor transport services. Nationalised would be better maintenance/service/price.
Ray Dawes, YorkSurely profit would be better in the government’s bank account to keep the money in the UK.
James Nicolson, LondonInteresting that the route taken back by the state is the profitable one now.
Martina Gross, Berlin, GermanyYes, something essential as public transport shouldn’t be in private hands, because this sets the wrong goals. It’s “People before Profit” and not the other way around.
Chris Dawson, Burnham-on-CrouchGreater Anglia is going from bad to worse.
Keith Hall, SheffieldI agree with this. Also stop trying to privatise NHS.
Rebecca Wilson, MarlboroughBring back nationalised British Rail and give us back our railways.
Simon Bampton, HoveThe UK must be one of the few countries in the world with a privatised rail service. A National Rail service would benefit all
Oszeromolago Babalouista, LondonI like the BR logo. I want to see it more. I want the conductors back. It will be better organised and cheaper.
Pauline Metcalfe, JarrowRailways need to be in the public domain, not private for shareholders benefit.
John Shuker, CarlisleThe railways are a vital public service that should be owned by the people and be run for the people.
Chris Wainwright, LiverpoolBring back British Rail, as it can’t do any worse than the profit-driven, useless fat cats that are destroying its infrastructure and robbing everyone by doing so.
Jean Berry, NottinghamIt’s much better to have the government running the rail system for the good of the country and not shareholders.