Fiona Kearns, WakefieldWe were told that privatisation would bring consumer choice and price competition. It hasn’t. It’s more expensive and grossly inefficient. Only large corporations benefit.
Matthew HillIf the companies fail we have to bail them out anyway – what’s the point? No private critical infrastructure.
Joe Meredith, RiscaPublic ownership is in the people’s best interest to have a system that everyone can depend on.
Aaron Owens, LiverpoolMerseyrail is a disgusting excuse for a rail network, run only for profit and it has impacted my life negatively. Something needs to be done about it.
Shea Hopper, BournemouthThey shouldn’t have been sold off in the first place.
Graham Barnard, LondonThis is the only way to stop rail fare rises.
Lorna Cameron, LeedsLet’s go back to British Rail and reclaim rail services for the British public now.
Ethan Storey, ChichesterGet rid of Southern.
Kenny Pryde, SuttonI want an accountable minister in charge, not a chief executive seeking to maximise profit over service and passengers.
Ian David, BathStop this fragmented, disjointed shambles and have a railway run for passengers not shareholders.
Julia Hudson, DerehamBring it back now. If fares were cheaper more people would use it. It was built as one railway and should be one railway connection.
Nicholas Ward, CroydonThe country which invented rail travel deserves the best national railway.
Brian Armstrong, LondonWhen the cost of tickets keeps going up so that the shareholders can have a pay-out each year, the services are getting no better. It is time it was run by one body.
Jerry Cooper, LondonWe taxpayers are paying more in subsidy to the private companies that run the railways now than we ever did when it was state-owned. Re-nationalise now.
Martin Prior, GreenwichEverything is repeated several times over without any meaningful competition.
Harry Duffin, BrightonThey should never have been privatised in the first place. It’s a total disaster, subsidised by the taxpayer.
Joseph Fox, ExeterRenationalising rail would be cheaper for the government and commuters… Bring back British Rail.
Thomas Barlow, ManchesterOur trains seriously lag behind the nationalised systems of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, all of whom also have much cheaper fares.
Stephen Clutterbuck, Upton-upon-SevernPlease bring back British Rail, as it is getting absolutely expensive now to go by train. The companies are putting the prices up and the railways are not up to scratch.
Denis Watterson, OtleyPrivatisation has been a very expensive mistake. These companies invest next to nothing and cream off great profits.
Justin Grasty, YorkThe only way to travel that makes sense. By the people for the people. The competition fallacy has derailed with the success of East Coast thus far.
Thom BallaBritish Rail, so misunderstood, so unloved. They killed you
Sandra Hanna, SelbyWasted money on private franchises – not good value for the general public.
Jacqueline Wilson, DoncasterWe need a proper integrated rail system run for the benefit of passengers, not shareholders.
Rob Mullender, LondonThe idea that a market exists on the rail network is a fraudulent one. The British public are being fleeced to make a few shareholders wealthy.
Stephen Shaw, LesmahagowVery expensive.
Stephen Williams, Ashford, KentI wholeheartedly agree with your aims. Ex-British Rail employee, took voluntary redundancy in disgust after privatisation. RIP Bob Crow and John Green.
Kevin Morrison, BlackpoolStop the wasteful fragmentation of our railways. Put the mega-profits back into the infrastructure to improve services.
Sean Millwood, StevenageWe need to maintain a core of public services which create a sense of shared ownership and shared benefit. Water, energy, health, education cannot be open to profiteers.
William White, WendoverThey should never have been sold off in the first place. It now costs more to travel by rail in the UK than it does to fly.