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.
Mark Shaw, EdinburghMajor infrastructure such as the railway system should never be run by private companies. There will always be detriment to the public.
T Jackson, CoulsdonRail operators earn increasing profits and get government subsidies of around £4 billion a year. A good deal for passengers and a good deal for taxpayers?
Peter Crampton, HalifaxTime to take back what was stolen from us.
Maria Ali, ManchesterHelp more people commute and get to work cheaply.
Fred Bridgland, EdinburghEast Coast Rail is great and easy to deal with. A government with imagination would let it compete against the privatised companies and see who performed best.
Douglas Elliott, SheffieldRe-nationalise all the rail network and get a grip on the fares and conditions (like overcrowding.)
Edward Moss, ManchesterAll privatisation does is create multimillionaires at taxpayers’ expense. Halting direct services because they encroach on other franchise areas is a disgrace.
Tony Murray, MiddlesbroughBR was the result of combining many disparate private companies which made sense in our tiny little island. To have broken it into pieces again was patent madness.
Martin Dibbs, FifeThe proposed privatisation of East Coast, an excellent and profitable railway, is complete madness, Remember EC’s predecessors’ incompetence.
Chris Straiton, BrightonPlease return the profits back into the railways and not the pockets of others.
Patricia Burn, ManchesterRail profits back to the people.
Maire Wilcox, CalstockPut people before profits and see what happens.
Neil Harness, Weston Super MareI rarely use trains since it took 7 hours to go from Chester to Doncaster. After that journey I purchased a motorcycle and never looked back.
Martin Chadwick, WrexhamWe want lower prices for poor people.
Noel Grummitt, IlfracombePeople before profits.
Mark Brun, Stockton-on-TeesBring an end to privatised railway madness. The only people it benefits are shareholders not the rail passengers.
Christine Oliver, WellsI’ve used trains for 60+ years. It’s gone downhill since privatisation. We need a national strategy and organisation that puts people and the national interest first.
George Lynes, AbingdonYou know it makes sense. Why subsidise train operating companies with taxpayers’ money so they can pay dividends to their shareholders?
Michael Crook, HucknallProfits at all levels instead of one public service.
Colin Waugh, Stockton-on-TeesWe must keep this. Profit versus service and shareholder dividend always means we lose out.
Mike Fowler, PeterboroughBR was sold for Tory profit. Taxpayers were robbed of their investment. It’s time to take it back.
Simon Mayhall, LeedsNationalisation of the railways has always been an essential part of society. I am pessimistic in the extreme in these days of everything being privatised.
Simon Bell, TorpointPrivatisation has failed the passengers and serves only the shareholders of the rail companies. Re-nationalised and run efficiently East Coast line shows public success.
Jules Dawes, SheffieldIt’s not even properly private. Paying massive subsidies to private companies is wrong.
Alex Bailey, Craven ArmsPublic transport must serve the interests of the public.
Janet Wright, CambridgePrivatisation has created incentives for companies to do each other down, or grab extra profits, by practices that make journeys worse for passengers.
Christine Laugesen, LeylandI remember British Rail before it was all sold off. It worked well. Since privatisation we’ve returned to the Victorian era. Re-nationalise, now.
Richard Campbell, HuntingdonIt seems that over the years the whole country has been flogged off to private business, and look at the mess we are in. It’s time to put an end to this rip-off now.
Trevor Wise, UppinghamPublic services are services to the public not for private profit.