Sarah Freeman, ExeterI’m fed up with essential services being run to make money for a few rich people. Profits should be ploughed back into the service as reduced fares or improvements.
Andy Wilkinson, NorwichI am just sick to the teeth of the year-on-year above inflation price hikes. Passengers are being fleeced, pure and simple . Enough is enough.
Rosemary Scott, ChesterOf course all public services should be owned by the state, i.e. us. This includes railways.
Colin Potter, PontefractJust like the sorry state of the fuel utilities, privatisation of the railways shares one glaring similarity. The clear and simple fact is that privatisation does work.
Ben M H, PlymouthI’m too young to have remembered when the railways weren’t privatised but it sounds like a good idea.
Catherine Maudsley, NorthallertonI wish to join with the other people to re-nationalise the railways.
Angharad Bethan Davies, BristolWe were promised that privatisation would reduce cost and improve services due to competition but the exact opposite has happened.
Gordon Roberts, Stratford-upon-AvonI worked through the Railtrack years. Enough said I think. Bring back BR.
Andrew Tate, WolverhamptonWe need to take all our resources out of the hands of big business and place them back into public ownership.
Jason Richards, DoncasterIf the fares continue to increase then I will not be able to afford my season ticket, which threatens my employment.
Paul Leonard, ChoppingtonKeep British Rail public.
Dafydd Waters, BristolThe rails are subsidised and way too expensive. It’s the worst of both worlds. Give me back my railways.
Damian Gevaux, BuckleyI would like to see BR brought back into service. All the current train liveries have confused me.
James Parmenter, MarchRailways should be run by the people for the people.
Kerry Cooper, EdinburghPlease reinstate the British Railways for the people and save them from privatisation.
Mark Nicmanis, CambridgePrivatisation of the rail service has been a disaster: overcrowded, unreliable, expensive. End this folly now.
Suki Gill, SloughPublic transport should remain public.
Joyce Howe, Whitley BayEast Coast, my most frequently used line, has shown that privatisation is not the answer. It has returned a profit to the government since its effective nationalisation.
Robert Grant, LondonHow much longer do we have to put up with paying disgusting fares for rubbish, sub-standard service?
Sue Mason-Green, BedfordThis should be for the people, and non profit making.
Sheila Gray, MiddlesbroughIt’s disgraceful that private rail still receives government subsidies. So re-nationalise rail and subsidise it properly.
Karen Scrimshaw, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe process of purchasing train tickets and trying to find the best price is an absolute nightmare, especially if a journey involves two different networks.
Margaret Bennett, SheffieldWe, like many other social entrepreneurs, chose to bank with the Co-operative Bank because of its strong ethical objectives. We would move our account if this was lost.
Kevin Morrell, PortsmouthThis national disgrace needs to be sorted, as our future depends on it.
Michael Singleton, StevenageThe running of the East Coast mainline service, not in the private sector, so successfully proves the point.
David Rigg, DumfriesReverse Beeching’s and Thatcher’s criminality.
Will Bale, Caerphillythe cost of rail travel in the UK is getting more expensive but is still increasingly inefficient. It should be re-nationalised.
Ryan Virgo, OxfordI’ve been using the railway for 14 years. Over the past four years my weekly ticket has gone from £104 to £129. All we see is these private companies making extortionate profits.
Ryan McGrath, BristolPrivatised train services are a rip-off.
Derek Sadler, MorpethWe should run our railways on a not-for-profit basis. It works in Europe.