Tony Hagon, WickUnder this regime there isn’t any real competition. Let the train companies have to maintain their own permanent way etc. Profits?
Grande Briggs-White, SouthamptonThe day of the corporation must end. A corporation has human rights now and everything is done out of greed. What was owned by the people should stay with the people.
Colin Naisbitt, Stockton-on-TeesPlease re-nationalise the railways.
Mathew Jackson, YorkLet’s re-nationalise, standardise and make the railways for the fare-paying public not the fat cat franchise management.
Tom Hurrell, SheffieldNecessary, overdue and much needed..
Gaynor Underhill, WantageYou know it makes sense. We need a national rail service owned by the people.
Lawrence Roberts, WinchesterOver-priced fares are killing the country.
Shan Oakes, BeverleyRail should be a public service and should not be a cash cow for private companies.
Jack McCarthy, WigtonThe rail network needs to be run for the people. We subsidise it anyway.
Tobias Abse, LondonThe railways are getting worse and worse under private ownership.
Margaretha Galt, CambridgeWe pay six times as much as Europe. We need a nationalised railway now.
John Stead, SunderlandThe railways need investment. Yes. They used to get it. But it was described as financial losses. Now they get money poured into them to guarantee profits. That is a loss.
Rod Galilee, WarkworthEast Coast has out-performed all other rail service providers in recent years. A true indication that it should be government run for us and not for private owners.
Corin Fairchild, DunblanePromises, promises, promises – but never any delivery to those of us who don’t live in Glasgow or Edinburgh. Cancellations or lack of rolling stock every single day.
Syafiq Asyraf, KedahPlease show some love and respect to this beautiful word “railway”.
John Wilson, CambridgeshireNow there are so many different types of tickets in different areas, it’s impossible to be sure if you are getting a reasonable deal.
Miriam Henry, BristolFirst Buses need to be brought back too. It’s a poor service, serving shareholders’ interests first.
Brett Burnell, IpswichPrivatisation hasn’t worked.
Keith Broadhurst, LeedsRe-nationalise our railway system; it would run better under a unified single national grouping.
David Herbert, SunderlandPrivatisation has not worked. Public subsidies have tripled, fares are much more expensive and investment levels inadequate. It’s not what we were promised at privatisation.
Harry Hansen, LondonThink about the travelling public, not shareholders for a change.
Christina Sundborg, YakimaPlease bring back the British Rail for those that need it for transportation. It’s hard enough getting reliable transportation over here.
James Haley, LeedsUnified and for the public not the shareholders.
Andy Padgham, LondonBR wasn’t great but at least their heart was in the right place.
Jennifer Blackburn, NelsonThe Current private companies, especially Northern Fail, are not remotely up to scratch.
Steven Howe, ChesterJust do it.
A TanServices by the people for the people. Over £2 for a cup of tea on some of our trains.
Jonathan Hopkins, HarrogateRail privatisation was a fine example of the reverse Robin Hood mentality of the Tory party.
Martin Bedford, BournemouthThe rail privatisation has got to be one of the most outrageous, harmful and impractical of all privatisations.
Amanda Nicoll, TadcasterOh the irony. Britain invented railways but we can no longer run them efficiently and cost-effectively.