Roger Stokes, BedfordA fragmented system is not a system. The whole thing is too complex to be efficient, effective and economical.
Thomas Price, BrightonPlease, please, please bring decent railways back to the people who need reliable, affordable public transport, not greedy private companies.
Carmen Bell, NelsonGreed has become the norm, time to start running the railway for the benefit of the people and not some greedy corporates.
Richard Hillier, LondonPrivatising the rail network has left the UK in the doldrums. The nationalised networks across Europe and elsewhere have nearly doubled intercity speeds.
Robert Brister, ChipperfieldStop privatisation. It’s killing the country and filling the pockets of rich people.
Chris Allen, LondonIt’s about time we stop paying through the nose for sub-standard rail travel. Bring back British Rail and end this madness!
Barry Buttigieg, LondonWe need a co-operative, not-for-profit railway with no shareholders and lower prices.
Anne Atkins, BedfordPrivatisation has been a nightmare. No one is accountable and it is always another company’s fault. The idea was always flawed.
Ashley Martin, BromleyThe only way to reform BR. Only Mrs T would turn to the Washing Machine.
Liz Moore, CoventryBut not the sarnies.
Simon Edwards, Stoke-on-TrentReverse the idiocracy.
Christopher Wilson, BasingstokeBring it back and let’s do away with all the bureaucracy.
Martha Vale, HerefordWe deserve cheaper prices. Everything is going up except wages.
Shirley Cameron, SheffieldTrains are too expensive and too crowded.
David Atkins, WisbechBring back British Rail but as part of a socialist economy where all public services are democratically owned by the people.
Glenn Tregillis, WinchesterRe-train Britain for a more sustainable future.
Keith Wallis, GosportI agree. What we are seeing is legal larceny for the privatised railways to make annual profits in excess of 100% and still accept public subsidies.
Steven Parkes, GlasgowBBBR Now. Stop the waste of money going to shareholders and out of the railway industry.
Ian David Wildbore, ChesterfieldSave billions. Scrap HS2. Electrify East Midlands route to Sheffield now.
Robert Bayley, ElyI’m tired of the privatisation mantra. The market does not create efficiency or keep prices in check. Re-nationalise rail now.
Judith Wade, Hemel HempsteadPrivatisation has made rail services much worse. Trains are cattle trucks not for humans.
Lloyd Soldatt, GreenhithePlease Bring Back British Rail. Thank you.
Chris Hoade, CardiffAnd bring back BR blue too.
Murray Shelmerdine, LondonIt makes sense.
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.)
Niall Campbell, FleetwoodDe-nationalisation was the worst thing to happen to the railways since Beeching. Take them back into public ownership now.
Nick Gregory, DeesideWe live in a beautiful country and I want to share it with my kids, but the cost of rail travel is obscene and prohibitive. Let us have our railways back.
Luke Oldale, WorksopIt should never have been privatised in the first place. It was the worst thing John Major ever did.
AnonymousThe price of train tickets is honestly ridiculous. I saw an old British Rail advert from 1982 that said ‘Anytime Return London – Manchester only £11’. Now it’s about £100!
Alexander Culley, LondonEnd the railway rip-off, joke fare increases and disgracefully inept service of the franchises. We want a service like DB in Germany.