John Halfpenny, RipleySelling vital services for profit is a short-sighted disgrace. Bringing back BR would reduce the complexity of our rail network and benefit national transportation.
Stuart Tomlin, RugbyPrivatisation has never made anything cheaper or more efficient despite spurious claims to the contrary at its inception, witness the debacle in energy, water etc.
Keith Gray, RothburyRailways, like the supply of water and power, should be seen as common goods, provided out of taxation and run for the benefit of all.
Barry Davies, StaffordBritish Rail should never have been privatised and Virgin can cover the East Coast line costs from its West Coast profits.
Richard Cooley, ShipleyOne of the worst things we did was sell off all the utilities and British Rail. It’s about time we brought them back as not-for-profit organisations.
Garry Thomas, StrathavenThe free market ideology that privatised railways means profit for the few while the state bails out. It’s the same with the energy companies and now the NHS.
Elise Smith, CanterburyIt should not be cheaper and more convenient for me to commute to work by car.
Chris Barker, LondonIt doesn’t have to be a re-run of BR. There are other ways of having a publicly funded rail system – see Germany for example.
Tony Jones, ReadingI want the labour Party to put this in the general election manifesto and then, when elected, do it!
Matthew Shewbridge, LondonBusiness and railways don’t mix. As a natural monopoly, there is no real competition amongst providers to deliver a service of good value and high quality.
Jenny Shevlin, LeedsThe East Coast line makes a net profit run by the public sector. Perhaps the rest can too.
Robert Bergh, IpswichPrivatisation was never going to succeed. It failed as a privatised industry when first created and it will fail again.
Mr. R. J. Aston, Thurgarton, NottinghamshireSome rail fares are now just ridiculous and the profits being extracted by management companies should be kept by the people.
Jennifer Andrew, BicesterBritish rail should be British Rail.
Catherine Spink-White, PerthWe must get back for the people what the British taxpayer laboured long and hard for.
Phillip Dunkirk, HarrogateBring back British rail
Steven Parkes, GlasgowBBBR Now. Stop the waste of money going to shareholders and out of the railway industry.
Peter Frampton, ManchesterCurrent TOCs are incompetent.
Mike Bond, BristolLet’s get people moving on the trains at a good price. All working together. Unify our rail.
Raymond Crois La, KampenWe want our railway back.
John Doyle, AddlestonePrivatisation is for the few to get stinking rich. The clue is in the word private.
Paul Higgins, HalesowenI fully support this idea.
Brian Matthews, WrexhamProfits should go into the railways, not the pockets of the rich.
Mark Dawson, CarshaltonTrains are public transport. It is obscene for a private company to run them for profit.
Justin Griffiths, GosfieldPut an end to greedy private companies fleecing passengers for profits.
Michael Johnston, NorthamptonStop privatising as it doesn’t work.
Robert Taylor, ChorleyGive it back.
Tim Zacharia, CroydonThe only people who will benefit from this are the shareholders who will be fleecing the general public.
Ian Brown, CheadleThey should never have been privatised. Public transport should be a public service, for the benefit of the passengers, not for the subsidised profit of a few shareholders.
Carol Newmarch, MiddlesbroughThe railways were invented here. We should be able to take pride in an excellent system that puts people first and is economical too.