Darren Stephens, ChathamThe only way privatisation will work is to bring everything under the control of one body, a new British Rail. No more passing the buck to another company.
Emma Anthony, OxfordMake the service a proper one for passengers and not just for shareholders. Also, please never call us customers.
Yua Newton-Gray, Merthyr TydfilI’ve been living my entire life with a horrible, poorly managed railway network, that needs to be fixed. I’m happy to push for the passenger, not for profit.
Maurice James, St AlbansPlease bring back the concept of public service to British society.
Marie Nash, HarrowWe need affordable, reliable rail transport. Privatisation has not given us that.
Peter Farrell, Tunbridge WellsThey’re not just privatising everything they can get their hands on. They’re closing all former nationalised industries. A socialist programme of action is the only answer.
Alex Chatterton, Shoreham-by-SeaJust do it. It’s the only way to sort out the mess.
Andrew Smith, BoltonBolton to Manchester at peak times shows Northern’s contempt and lack of care for their passengers.
Anthony Turtle, HastingsWe need a rail service that provides service – not expecting a wheelchair user to push herself onto a platform up a slope.
Penelope Ormerod, OxfordPlease bring back energy companies and, most importantly, the NHS into public ownership too.
David Preston, DarlingtonMy father worked for BR for 24 years until his retirement. He saw the best and the worst of government interference. We need change now before it’s too late.
Bobby Bowden, St HelensPrivatisation is failing. Bring back British Rail.
Sharmilla Beezmohun, LondonThis is a really important cause to support.
Carol Jardine, EdinburghTravel by rail has now become too expensive for many people on lower incomes. We now look enviously at other countries’ rail systems that appear to serve the people.
Susan Shaw, ChesterIt would be great to get the rail fairs back to something reasonable in a way that makes sense. Chester to Liverpool
John Wood, SheffieldMore is being paid out in profits and share dividends than was previously invested in the railway.
Richard Kemp-Salt, BrightlingseaI quite agree, a not-for-profit set-up for the railway – a proven success with the East Coast railway. Privatisation was a very hurried piece of legislation.
Vaibhav Khullar, LondonUnbelievable ticket prices, huge mark-up and terrible service. Privatisation was a bad, bad idea.
Christopher Brown, LeedsBring back British Rail and reverse Beeching!
Mervyn Davies, ColchesterPrivatisation has never worked with bus and rail. Labour has failed to undo this and union rights.
Paul Rum, HoveWe need a subsidised system of travel to help get us to work – not delay and tax us.
Tim Pickles, CardiffWhy did we ever privatise a fantastic national system? It doesn’t work.
Catherine Morley, EastleighJust bring it back to us. We have enough private companies that suck our money and waste it on high salaries for themselves.
Alistair McKenzie, LutonHigh prices, high profits, high bonuses. Where is the public service in that?
Rachel Pollard, WatfordBeing an ex BR employee I would dearly love to be that proud person who says I work for BR again. It was a great organisation and like a second family to me.
Christopher Gauntlett, LondonImperative for the future.
Robert Meyrick, NottinghamPrivatisation has been a disaster for passengers (not customers). Let common sense overcome ideology.
D Roberts, CornwallLack of private investment has destroyed our public rail transport system. We can have a better system offering no congestion, less pollution and faster journey times.
Derek Staton, Crouch EndWe have the most expensive and crowded system in Europe. It’s unfair and only benefits the shareholders who abdicate responsibility when there are problems.
Keith Lawson, Newcastle upon TynePrivatisation of the network has been a total failure. The passenger has been failed at every turn, with only the shareholder and management profiting.