Rose Whitehorn, BristolCreate a railway for people not profit!
Alan Pool, RoystonBring public transport back to the public again, instead of subsidising the profits of private shareholders.
John Byrne, GatesheadYes, bring back British Rail and re-nationalise all the utility companies which are currently holding the country to ransom (to use a 1970’s phrase.)
Neil Hunter, BrighousePrivatisation only works for shareholders and finances foreign railways.
Esme Zarins, NewburyIt was so much better before privatisation.
DarrenBritish Rail didn’t fail, it was the Conservative government that failed it by reducing subsidy year-on-year then splitting it up into 100 bite size chunks to sell off.
Roddy Glen, EdinburghPlease re-nationalise our railways. I want a ‘joined-up’ system. I don’t want to have to pay for bail-outs of private companies and shareholders any more. Thank you.
Andy Cope, LiverpoolA lot of our industries need re-nationalising, starting with rail.
Claire O’Kell, YorkSome 35 years on from Thatcher, it’s time the government owned up that privatised bodies are far costlier than national ones.
Helen Shepherd, Stockton-on-TeesPrivatisation only benefits the wealthy. We all need a better rail system that benefits its users.
Tim Baker, West BridgfordEnough is enough. As a regular user of trains who experiences the ridiculous pricing, it’s time to get some standardising back to this public service.
Paul Bathgate, LondonEast Coast has proved the madness that is privatisation. It has made an operating profit and hasn’t needed any subsidy.
David SterrattThere are good franchises and bad franchises, the system is geared up to being hit-and-miss and that’s the problem.
Nicholas Darsley, LondonThe rail system should be for the benefit of travellers, not for private profit.
Dr M Relich, EdinburghThe railway network should be a public service, not just run for corporate profit.
Niall Clifford, Stoke-sub-HamdonI cannot see the point in taking profits out of what should be a public service. It costs far more now for far less value.
Em Law, HastingsAmber Rudd is trying to kill our local rail route to implement another even more corrupt, private, expensive disservice in order to kill our town.
Sarah Snell, WalsallBring this vital service back under our control and learn from the East Coast main line.
Tim Siret, OxfordState-run East Coast Line. Enough said.
Mark Williams, Alderley EdgeIt should never have been privatised.
Ian Nutbrown, YorkAn efficient Rail network should be provided as a nationalised industry, not through a privatised mechanism, with profit at the expense of the fare-paying public.
Ian Mycroft, Leamington SpaMake it a partnership: a publicly-owned John Lewis, with passenger, employee and government representation – not a state bureaucracy, as before.
Peter Keayes, LongfieldPlease bring back BR.
Jane Norris, LondonI whole-heartedly support this.
Janine Wilson, LondonNationalise the railways.
David Crabtree, EynshamThe railway should be run by the people for the benefit of the people. The only successful rail companies are state-owned. Bring them all back and stop this madness.
Joan Fournier, HarlowThis scandalous rip-off of ordinary working people obliged to depend on the railways to commute to work must end. It is legalised extortion.
Beth Kenny, ManchesterAs a victim of the shambles that is NorthernFail, I support re-nationalisation.
Martin Beale, LondonThis needs to be a victory for us to gain confidence in preserving our NHS, also reversing privatisation in our infrastructure.
Michael Davies, GlasgowFor the many not the few.