Philip Cerny, YorkRailways are structurally hierarchical industries, characterised by highly specific assets and need to be managed in the public interest if they are to be efficient.
Chris Pittman, SwindonFollow the Deutsche Bahn example.
James Robinson, WindsorI don’t see why it was ever privatised in the first place. It only lead to higher prices and a poorer service. The government’s purse hasn’t even benefitted.
Andrew Tait, EdinburghCapitalisation is fine, but when 10% of the population takes 90% of the profits and the remainder end up with increased charges, then it is time to take a reality check.
Chirag Batavia, LondonRail travel should be affordable for ordinary people. No more over-inflation price hikes.
Rog Harrison, GlasgowYou know it makes sense.
Jane Hopkins, BristolWe need trains that connect small communities as well as cities. This means needs must come before profits. Private corporations can’t/won’t do this.
Kay Green, HastingsMy partner works for a railway company. I travel by train a lot. We both know from experience why we need our railways back in public hands.
Andrew Lee, SalisburyBring back public owned British Rail.
Adrian Nugent, CrawleyPut public transport back in the hands of the public and make people accountable for the service we are currently paying for.
Sue O’Connell, LeighThe national railways ought to belong to everyone in the country and not be just for the benefit of the shareholders.
Frank Stephen, PrestonI’ve been a railway engineer for the past 24 years. Bring back BR. At least it was run by engineers not bean counters.
Chris Mills, IpswichAll East Anglian train licensees have been a dirty, late, packed-trains nightmare for years. Re-nationalisation is the only answer, and re-open branch lines.
Andrew Delderfield, Hemel HempsteadWe must have a service that is affordable and the public are not robbed of money by rich private companies who don’t even invest back into this country.
Catherine Markey, CambridgeRail travel should be state-owned so fares remain low, thus car use is reduced and the government is accountable for safety. Profit shouldn’t come into it.
Peter Clegg, SheffieldWe need an integrated rail service, not one with competing companies resulting in difficulties in organising journeys and crazy pricing structures.
Steve White, BarnsleyEnd this privatisation madness now.
Jenny Almeida, LondonThey never should have been privatised and neither should water, which, like air, should be free for all.
Tony Kime, KelsoThe railways are a public service.
Florence Cooke, PeterboroughWe older people have good memories of British Railways – good prices, good and helpful staff, trains on time and, if they did strike, we were with them.
Jane Angel, EdinburghLet’s have a national railway system that works as an inexpensive and real alternative to car and air travel. It makes sense on all sorts of levels.
Mary Blundell, GranthamBeeching began the demise of the railways.
Veronica Piekosz, NorthallertonIt works for East Coast, don’t you know? The only network to actually pay back and now they want to re-privatise it.
C C, LincolnBR was better than we have now, and affordable and reliable. It was fantastic. Bring back BR.
Kate Doyle, CambridgeIt would be nice to get a service that worked. Train travel is brilliant. When you pay for a seat you should get one. It should be run for people not profit.
Sean Harvey, Leighton BuzzardI’m fed up paying high ticket prices and often having to stand, fed up travelling on crowded trains, fed up with over-complicated ticket pricing and booking .
Stagger Lloyd, SheffieldI cannot comment without swearing that utilities the public paid for can be sold off to private businesses.
Gareth Brading, WitneyWhy spend more on private railways when nationalised ones would be cheaper? Re-nationalise.
Liam Maloney, BoltonLet’s just admit it was a mistake and sort out the mess we’re in.
A Paterson, ShropshirePeople need trains and they should be run for them and not for the profit of shareholders.