Gary Mitchell, BournemouthFor vital utilities de-nationalisation simply doesn’t make sense.
Colin Gray, InvernessOur rail network is being sucked dry by the fat cats and their shareholders. Until the network is running at its full potential no dividends should be paid to anyone.
Annette Davies, CheltenhamPrivatisation hasn’t worked. East Coast is doing well. Scrap HS2 and use the money for existing lines and to buy British made rolling stock. We’re all in it together.
Chris Hogg, Melton MowbrayI’m a signaller for 35 years. Re-nationalise to prevent the madness of hundreds of companies working against each other.
Peter Burns, NewportPrivatisation can only work where there is competition. With rail we have massive regional monopolies taking all the reward, paying no investment and are even subsidised.
Anthony Wrinch, RedhillSouthern Rail are a disgrace. Shame on the Government for letting this farce continue so long.
Dave Bray, MaidstoneIt seems absurd that that which belonged to us was taken away, without thought or consideration! Now very few of us can access regular rail travel because we can’t afford it.
Ade Marks, PortreathPlus energy and water.
Christine Hartas, Newcastle-upon-TyneI’m a frequent user of the line to London. It’s excellent. No need to change. Also, it’s safer to have the national infrastructure owned by the nation, not by global capital.
Geoffrey Wootten, IpswichIt should all be about the service, not the shareholders.
Chris Langridge, MarlowThe government still pays for maintenance, improvements and extensions to the rail network. The franchisers aren’t investing as they agreed to in the contract tenders,
Eddie Sheehy, EcclesWe live in a community where travel is vitally important for many reasons. The quality of the service is vital, not the profit motive only.
Leslie Scaife, SouthportApart from the massive debt, fares have risen out of all proportion and they are still getting funding from the public purse. Shareholders win and taxpayers lose.
Steve Soar, BirkenheadRail fares are massively overpriced because the primary concern is to pay more and more dividends to shareholders and executives.
William Kenealy, ShaftesburyThe rail system is for all practical purposes now nationalised. Make it official!
Clifford Alexander, WickfordI’ve had a lot of my family all worked or work for the railway. Unfortunately my father and uncle were made redundant under the Thatcher years.
Andrew French, CaldicotThe franchises are just a way for the rich to become richer.
Kevin Bache, BristolSome things are too socially important to be run for private profit.
Debbie Edwards, LondonI use the train and absolutely everything is geared up to people who need to work.
Anne Ackroyd, PeterboroughEast Coast is doing really well. Let’s keep it publicly run and integrate the whole network too.
Matthew Macaulay, CoventryFares keep rising, and as a result I have found more people becoming unable to commute to work with us.
Christine King, YorkTake it back to British Rail.
Gary Hall, BrandonFar too much money is spent on a fragmented system and lining the pockets of the franchisees. Pound for pound, BR provided the best service at a much more reasonable cost.
Colin Thompson, Bury St EdmundsThe carriages need to be cleaner and there should be more of them. Fares should be standardised and the journey and customer experience should be prioritised.
Dane Wotton, HoveI’m sick of being made late for work, dirty, uncomfortable trains and vastly overpriced fares that take a large and unfair chunk of my wages every month.
Ian Mycroft, Leamington SpaMake it a partnership: a publicly-owned John Lewis, with passenger, employee and government representation – not a state bureaucracy, as before.
Gary Ortiz, Rocky PointRail Franchising has hurt the people and the DfT is corrupt
Keith Brown, CleethorpesThey should never have privatised British Rail.
Robert Carr, WivenhoeFor the benefit of the people.
John Batey, BedlingtonIn a mixed economy intelligence, not doctrine, should inform how areas contribute to society. The railways need one overall strategy.