Tom GibbsIt’s an irony that most of our trains are operated in some form by a state railway, but it’s just not our state. If we are going to be like this, why not make it Britain’s Railways?
David Mercer, MorecambeI cannot afford to use public transport – it’s so expensive, so where is the money going? I have to use my car like most people have instead of the pollution-reducing train.
Gideon Dewhirst, GuildfordBring back a fairer and more effective railway.
Colin Laidler, WashingtonNationalise the railways for the benefit of us all.
John Picken, LondonIt should never have been privatised. It’s another failed experiment in Tory ideology which has just ripped off UK citizens and further rewarded the already much too rich.
Richard Halton, High WycombeAll too regular peak time cancellations and short-formations have led to dangerous overcrowding for passengers. There just aren’t enough carriages to meet demand. Very sad.
Frank Nicholas AdamJonathan Swift once said “the party is the madness of the many, for the gain of the few”. How true old jest is today!
David Dakin, SheffieldWhy stop at the East Coast? Privatisation has only brought greed and poor service. Let’s go the whole hog and bring all the railways back to public ownership.
John Webber, WareBring back our railways.
Stanley Gray, HartlepoolNo more privatisation where foreign companies own all our utilities.
Steve Green, HastingsMakes no sense to separate trains from rail operators. Especially on a small island like the UK.
Adam Fekete, HarrogateTrains rock.
Helene Roberts, CardiffPublic transport should be affordable and not based on profit.
Stan Wilson, ManchesterPrivatisation is ruining this country. What we once strove for and achieved is being given away to fill the pockets of the rich and greedy. Nationalise for equality.
Reuben FletcherWe bloody well need British Rail back.
Colin Carpenter, BedfordWe need to unify the railways again to make them much cheaper for us to use, so we need British Railways back again.
Andrea Bayer, BexhillNational wealth is the people’s wealth. No government is entitled to sell national wealth without asking it’s owners, the people.
Barnaby Green, LondonToot toot.
Marie Brooke, DoncasterInstead of paying out tons of money to big companies and paying lawyers to check contracts, put it all into one British Rail.
Kevin McClean, LeedsI agree public services should be owned by the public and not by the wealthy minority for profit.
Robert Jones, LeedsThe East Coast mainline proves the case.
Carol Canning, High WycombeTrain services should not be run for private profit.
Mark Priest, OldburyTransport systems should not be owned by greedy private companies who have no interest in providing a service, only making money.
Simon Cullen, SudburyIt’s disgusting what the rail system has become. It’s got to a stage where public transport is squeezing the public, for whom the prices are ridiculous for such poor service
Philip Cheung, Newcastle-upon-TyneA publicly-owned system could be very efficient and profitable as demonstrated by East Coast. Why sell it off? It belongs to us. Don’t make money out of rail users.
Charles Hemingway, BarnsleyBritish Rail should never have been stolen from us in the first place. Lousy Tories.
Carole Williamson, DurhamEssentials like travel and public services and utilities should be run by us, for us.
Jason Courtney, GuildfordSome things should not be privatised.
Ralph Butler, SouthportIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
Pamela Morris, LeedsI frequently travel by rail and East Coast is by far the best and most comfortable rail service and has made a profit. It is far better than the private rail.