Darren Burling, ChesterIt’s time for people to take the railways back.
Ann Newton-Marcial, EastbourneIt should have been taken back into public ownership years ago.
David Styles, London.Public transport is essential to any sensible society. A good public transport system is more efficient, cleaner and simply a better use of resources.
Patricia Bennett, NorthamptonReturn all privatised services to public ownership.
William White, WendoverThey should never have been sold off in the first place. It now costs more to travel by rail in the UK than it does to fly.
Dave Miles, NottinghamRail, and other essential services, need to be run for public benefit not for private profit.
C Green, GodalmingRailways for the people not for profiteers.
Bill Walker, LyeIt’s about time we shut down this bunch of crooks.
Jill Green, OxfordPlease do it now. You must know it makes sense.
Sue Brown, NottinghamNationalised companies are what makes Britain great.
Paul White, LeicesterLack of public transport is one of the biggest obstacles to employment and social mobility. It’s vital to the nation and private enterprise cannot be trusted to manage it.
Richard Antonel, LondonPublic services should be nationalised.
Dean Faccini, SurbitonIt’s time to put an end to the privatisation of our rail networks. I’m fed up with paying over-inflated prices for inadequate services run by those who remain untouchable.
Geoff Whiteley, BarnsleyThe railways should return to being a public and social service.
Courtney White, LondonRailways should be publicly owned!
Terry Hayes, IlfracombeFirst Great Western run the oldest rolling stock in the country to Barnstaple. It’s a disgrace, and an embarrassment to the visitors of our beautiful area. It needs sorting.
James Quinn, LondonThe train operating companies are not working for the benefit of the customers and fares just keep going up. Privatisation, like the utility companies, is one gigantic rip-off.
Ian Clark, NorthamptonFormer apprentice with BRML.
David Williams, LeicesterDo it, and get those money-grabbing bastards out.
Michael Mccarthy, LondonPrivatisation has failed and is a rip-off, just as many of us said when this misbegotten scheme to enrich investors was hatched.
Colin Crockett, YorkAs a seventy three year old, having worked for British Rail, I feel that the privatisation of the railways was a retrograde step.
Shaun Featherstone, CardiffI’m 100% in favour of re-nationalisation of all public transport.
Christopher O’Maley, South NorwoodBritish Rail needs fixing as a nationalised venture, not drained for profit and shareholders.
Anna Petts, AbergavennyJust try it.
Eugenia Frisoli, LondonBring back British Rail instead of this current appalling excuse for a rail system which is more about private profit than service.
Ronald Cross, WarringtonLet the people benefit from the railway.
Bertie Shaw, DealI believe that without the involvement of private companies the railways would have little investment. I do believe in a national passenger operator (but just that).
Roger Jackson, YorkWhat doesn’t make sense, either socially or economically?
Alan Johnson, LiverpoolSince it’s been private it’s all about profit and not service.
Brian Griffin, St AlbansNumerous failures of private business demonstrate that Tory policies of more and more privatisation will not make for a happier or more just or effective society.