Robert Skillicorn, ChichesterPrivate companies are only interested in profit, not the customer or the employee. It’s time to give the service back to the people via the government.
Dorothy Nelson, St AustellRe-instate simple fare structures, with one price wherever you buy. The thought of a public service run for the public should not be a revolutionary concept.
Guy Harris, SaltashRailways and utilities for people.
Robert Jones, BedfordEverything was so much better under British Rail. You didn’t need to know which train operating company you had to use because it was all British Rail.
J Winton, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe East Coast rail line has been in public ownership since private operators pulled out. It is now in profit.
Jack Ormrod, LlandudnoBrexit has brought our sovereign country back to its senses. The UK railways privatised some 20 odd years ago have not worked and only Virgin has worked for the elite.
Ian Clark, AylesburyIt should never have been sold off in the first place, Give it back to the people.
Russell Stubbs, ColchesterGreat Eastern commuters have no choice of rail companies, so how can privatisation be of any use to this line? Private business always wants to make profits, not run great railways.
Kelvin Cantlon, ChorleywoodTory dogma over common sense. They sold the railway to friends and now they are renting it back to us at extortionate rates. That privatisation is choice is such a con.
Michael Thompson, High PeakIt’s scandalous that the government wants to sell off Network Rail. We absolutely must keep it in public hands.
Judith Priest, East LothianEast Coast line has shown it can be profitable over the last few years.
Mary Blundell, GranthamBeeching began the demise of the railways.
Chris Bourne, NottinghamIt’s about time we could book tickets on the day without having to pay stupid money compared with having planned a journey 5 weeks in advance.
David Robinson, SheffieldNo compensation to shareholders. After all, they got the shares at a knock-down price.
Leslie Holder, ReadingMy late father worked for BR and Rail Track and always moaned about how bad things had got after the take over, about penny-pinching mend-and-make-do and poor management.
Suzi Boardman, BoltonThis is a public service and shouldn’t be run for private profit. Why should there be profits when most services are overcrowded, understaffed, out-of -date and running late.
Kathleen McDermott, WorksopIt’s far too complicated a system with so many different companies involved and putting profits before people.
Cecilia Ballesteros, HovePublic transport in public hands.
Rory McGillCommon sense.
Raymond Austin, Houghton-le-SpringYou can tell by the overcrowded trains that people want to use railways and there are others who want to use it but are put off by the fares. BR did it better.
Patrick Hulme, AvonI can’t help comparing the situation in Britain with that of France, which is miles ahead in the provision of rail travel.
Clive Attard, HinckleyPublic transport should benefit the travelling public not shareholders.
Susan Farquharson, BexhillGovernment should be putting money into the rail infrastructure. It should not be run as a business as the fares are ridiculously high.
Mike Shilton, StaffordThe general public are being priced out of rail travel by the private owners of the rail firms who only care about their shareholders’ profits.
Sarah Kay, LondonThe Post Office too while you’re at it.
Ian Cameron, ScotterWe need a service run for the good of passengers not shareholder profits.
Chrissie Keelan, Preston,We lost a chunk of Britain when the small railway lines and stations were closed, and then some more when what was left was privatised. Put it all back where it belongs.
Gloria McNeil, PeterboroughThe fragmentation of public transport is a massive waste of money. The tendering process, consultants’ fees and shareholder profits could be reinvested in the system.
Ian Stalker, RiponAll parts of our national infrastructure, including the railways, should belong to the nation, not private companies.
Alan Martin, LiverpoolRail and all transport should be a public service, publicly owned and controlled, not the profit making toy of the private sector.