George Adamson, BellshillStop the profits going to the fat cats and put towards running a safe and cheaper railway.
Samantha Longworth, BoltonWe’ve had quite enough of all this silliness.
Jan Dyer, MalvernPrivatisation has increased prices, reduced quality, reliability and customer service, caused confusion and chaos and prevented re-investment.
Credwyn Livesey, PeterboroughBritish Rail should belong to the people and not private investors.
Sheila Rowhan, LondonPut people before profit.
John Wightman, AirdrieI will end up spontaneously combusting.
Timothy Williams, Colwyn BayA rail system that serves the people of Britain – not rips them off.
Constance LeeIt should be back in public hands.
James Johnson, DoverPublic ownership is the only way forward. If it is not clear now, it never will be. The industry should never have been privatised.
Diana Reddaway, Welwyn Garden CityPublic transport should belong to the public, not to money-grabbing shareholders.
Stephen Robinson, NortholtOverpriced, over complicated. I was stuck in Southampton and needed to beg a rival train company to get me home. It’s pathetic.
Emma Campbell, SandersteadTerrible East Grinstead service. The frequency needs to be increased as well as the number of carriages. All over the country serious reform is needed not Victorian trains.
Roy Humphrey, BexleyThe railways should never have been taken out of public ownership. Plough all profits back into investment.
Pippa Smith, BristolI am a full-time support worker, working 42 hrs/week on minimum wage. Put simply, I cannot afford to use the train.
Doreen McCarthy, GatesheadI agree with what has already been said.
Crispin Howell-Jones, RomfordThe effect of privatising the railways has been that we pay vastly more than we need for our tickets and vastly more to subsidise the companies as well.
Nathaniel Davies, TelfordShareholders should not factor into a vital nation-wide transport link. It makes for over complication and over pricing, with very little profit going to the system. BBBR.
Joe Kinglake, ManchesterWithout a doubt the most unreliable trains I’ve ever experienced in the world. Terrible fare rip-off for terrible service.
Brian Bailey, ManchesterPlease stop the private bus companies receiving tax-payers’ money to run all forms of public transport to pay their bosses’ wages and shareholders’ dividends.
AntI lived in SE London for a long and happy time and used BR quite a lot on the way into town. Never was I late or felt unsafe. Privatising is a huge mistake. British Rail forever.
Ross Ma, SwindonIt’s difficult to support privatisation when it feels like it is doing the wrong things that competition law is suppose to prevent, i.e. monopoly abuse.
John Wilson, SheffieldThe railways could be run more cheaply and more efficiently if they were returned to public ownership.
Leslie Anderson, LeedsThe only ethical way to run any public transport system is for the public’s benefit and not shareholders’.
William Andrew, HartlepoolUK government – betrayer, liar, murderer.
Jed Nejzer, LeedsGood work everyone. Bring about change with peaceful non-compliance.
Arthur Simpkin, HassocksNationalising the railway will lower the cost on the taxpayer and lower fares. Having 2000 different companies is a mess. Bring back British Rail.
Ian Carruthers, BoltonI am in total agreement with you.
Tim Brown, LeedsEnough of high priced and shoddy services for the traveller.
David Binns, LeedsTrain tickets are too expensive and the local services are simply not good enough.
Stephen Holmes, WakefieldThe privatisation of an integrated railway system has been a failure. It has brought nonsensical fare structures. Many trains are simply not fit for purpose.