Kim Lang, AylesburyPrices are getting ridiculous now. What’s more, the service is getting worse. Delays, overcrowding and high expense is not what we need.
Patricia Fort, GlasgowBritish Rail was good, but it did leave room for improvement. Some of that came with the sharp edge of privatisation but then the sharks came in.
Jan Dyer, MalvernPrivatisation has increased prices, reduced quality, reliability and customer service, caused confusion and chaos and prevented re-investment.
Mervyn Collyer, NottinghamIt’s been no good since privatisation.
Ray Clarke, WrexhamLets plough the profits back into a decent rail system instead of making the filthy rich even richer.
Jane Banks, Newcastle-upon-TyneA truly important campaign which should also connect to the growing campaign against HS2 which will not benefit the North in any discernibly important ways.
Debbie Richens, LondonI’m fed up with profits going before passenger service and think the railways should be renationalised.
Thomas Peter Turton, ManchesterThey should never have been sold off.
Christine Hood, St AlbansIf East Coast can run efficiently and effectively then so should the whole network without ‘middle people’ – including shareholders – taking the profit out of it all.
Ralph Baxter MBE, NorthamptonIf nationalised East Coast can make a profit then stop subsidising private companies and bring pack a joined-up transport system.
Rose Chaney, BridportThe rail system is not working for travellers but shareholders and higher management are still making plenty of money. Our railways need to change.
Douglas Neal, WoolerI think that any company which is meant to provide a public utility service should be run by the government with any profits generated going directly back into it.
Andrew Hall, YorkThe current set-up is not sustainable. Only a country can run its infrastructure – and a country wouldn’t spend billions on the old technology of HS2.
John McGeehan, LondonI’m sick of paying fares to so-called private operators who are actually foreign state-owned companies.
Alistair Salmon, MedwayBritish Railways was run more effectively than today’s Train Operating Companies.
Winifred Murphy, NorthwichWe have paid enough In subsidies to these private companies.
Noel Inge, Harrold, BedsThe current system is uniquely stupid. Dogma should not be the starting point for delivering such a vital public service.
A TanServices by the people for the people. Over £2 for a cup of tea on some of our trains.
Vikki Abols, LondonRail should be affordable to all, not just a rich person’s transport.
Peter Sharples, BoltonPrivatisation is for the greedy rich, not the passengers.
Adrian Fish, LancasterRail travel is over-priced and inefficient. Privatisation has only benefitted shareholders, not passengers.
Tim Perry, LondonSNCF, DB, SNCB, rail in Denmark, the Netherlands etc. All work very well, are bang up-to-date, and are cheaper, with plenty of investment and modernisation. Why not BR?
John Hurley, GloucestershireI am fed up with stupid pricing and restrictive tickets, which just line the pockets of transport conglomerates like Arriva.
Sean Jackson, WindsorRailways for the people, not profit for the elite.
Tony Nicholson, SouthamptonGet rid of the layers of parasites.
Bridget Jack, SheffieldThe East Coast line has been profitable and provided an excellent service. There is no need to privatise the rail service.
JamesI support you fully against this greed and want the link broken between private corporations and ministerial back-scratching.
Michael Brown, South ShieldsThis should never have been privatized in the first place. It was paid for by taxes – our taxes.
Edward Devlin, PrescotBritish Rail should never have been privatised. In my humble opinion and as far as I know, nobody voted for any politician to give this beautiful country away.
Chris Dawson, Burnham-on-CrouchGreater Anglia is going from bad to worse.