Sean Millwood, StevenageWe need to maintain a core of public services which create a sense of shared ownership and shared benefit. Water, energy, health, education cannot be open to profiteers.
Michael David Jewett, HarrogateI feel privatisation has failed big time.
Keith Batchelor, BirminghamWhy should the taxpayer subsidise the franchised companies and therefore the shareholders. Re-nationalise now and stop the shareholder gravy train.
Susan O’Brien, LancasterProfiteering from our infrastructure might be good for the profiteers but is not good for consumers or that old-fashioned notion of the ‘national interest’.
Philip Spencer, ManchesterPrivatisation of public transport is not working. Give it back to the public and it can be great. See Germany as a perfect example of great transportation.
Rafal Drozdowski, ChelmsfordTicket price is a theft. Do something about it.
Giselle Frank, LondonThere should be a national standard and national investment for today’s transportation needs. There should be re-investment instead of private profits.
Paul Manning, WinchesterLet’s stop handing over vast amounts of public funds to private corporates.
Wendy Bennett, WallaseyGet it back for the people of the UK.
Christine Chapman, ManchesterAs a child and in a family of four children, my parents frequently took us by train from Sandy, Bedfordshire to London Kings Cross.
Alison Webster, BanwellWe used to own the whole network, until it was stolen by the Tories and sold.
Gabrielle Macbeth, GlasgowUntil rail prices fall people will continue to fly across the country. Let’s make rail the first choice for travel.
Dr M Relich, EdinburghThe railway network should be a public service, not just run for corporate profit.
Marko Kovacevic, LondonNationalising is pretty much the only way of making sure prices are kept low and protected from sharp rises.
Elaine Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe rail services have deteriorated enormously since privatisation and fares just go up and up. Privatisation equals bad service, full stop.
Andrew Duncan, ChathamRail for the people not profit.
Rok Strnisa, LondonIf an essential public service isn’t run by government, especially where there can be little or no competition, abuse of position is inevitable.
John Maris, NorwichBritish Rail was finally getting its act together when the ill-conceived 1993 Railways Act was foisted upon them.
Amanda Blicq, NottinghamI wouldn’t want to bring back BR, but state ownership on the European model would be more than acceptable. East Coast trains show it can be done.
Linda Ibbetson, WakefieldWe’ve had enough of everything privatised, but especially our railways. Bring back British Rail and stop lining the fat cats’ pockets.
Heather O’Hara, BlackpoolTrains for the people.
Betty Hollingsworth, YorkFrom the outset this de-nationalisation was doomed. Its sole purpose was to force a change for purely political reasons, and has not resulted in a better service so far.
David McintoshDisunited, expensive and overcrowded, our once proud railways have been the butt of many jokes, for many years.
Lesley Hall, WestburyPrivatisation is not the solution. Better investment is.
Louise Kemp, Haywards HeathI am disgusted at poor train services, high ticket prices and public money being paid into the hands of shareholders instead of funding public services. Re-nationalise.
Stan Smith, NottinghamIt should never have been privatised. Public utilities should be just that: of use to the public, not to hedge funds.
Karn Purvis, Bishop’s StortfordLet’s make our rail networks as good as those in Europe and not charge the earth for them. Nationalise.
Thomas Baker, CambridgeWhy is the British government subsidising European railways? No other country has seen fit to imitate our (disorganisation of railway ownership.
Andre Gittens, WarringtonThe government only cares about money and profits – then people. When our railway was run by BR, the people were BR’s best friends, their number one priority.
Helen Main, EdinburghI have been using the East Coast railway for 30 years. It has worked so efficiently in the last 5 years that I would hate it to be re-privatised.