Malcolm Barnes, SheffieldPrivatisation is killing the UK.
Terence Dart, WhitchurchKeep up the good work!
John Mangan, NorwichEvery privatisation has been a disaster. Beeching was in the pocket of the road hauliers. Bring back our rail networks in state hands.
Glyn Roberts, LondonI love train travel and see it as an essential public service – not a private business. A nationalised rail network makes perfect sense.
Edward Grassby, LondonI want a rail service that efficiently runs cheaply for the public, not an overpriced service that is unreliable.
David Rossiter, LondonPrivatisation has failed – it would be cheaper if it was owned by us. The farce needs to end.
Thomas Burke, OldhamWhat gives this Coalition the right to sell off the Royal Mail against the wishes of the British people? I’m more than unconvinced. Stop this now.
Richard G. Mitchell, Shepton MalletThe West Country train line is a disgrace. I run a business in Somerset and often have to visit London in reaction to solving a last minute problem and it’s cheaper by car.
Daniel Rodger, BirminghamPrivatisation has gone too far. Distributism advocates that small companies be private, but large companies to be run by employees.
Claire Sheehan, BlackpoolAvanti West Coast are incompetent and not able to run the north west rail service.
Niall Campbell, FleetwoodDe-nationalisation was the worst thing to happen to the railways since Beeching. Take them back into public ownership now.
Malcolm Ashton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.All utilities should be run by the state for the benefit of the people not shareholders.
Jean Welsh, BradfordState-owned railways and utilities. Profit for the people.
Ross Williams, GravesendPrivatisation was a really stupid idea.
Charles Punchard, DurhamThe railways should never have been privatised. Track maintenance is not done as well as under BR, prices are too high and they are understaffed.
Fiona Macaulay, EdinburghIndeed – ‘Bring Back British Rail.’
Julie Bedington, MalvernNationalise the railways. They should be run as a service not for greedy profit.
Patrick Kite, ForfarFully nationalised railway please.
Thomas Sutton, DerbyshireI had to get the train down to London the other day and it cost well over £100. Crazy! Why would anybody take the train given a choice?
Noel Inge, Harrold, BedsThe current system is uniquely stupid. Dogma should not be the starting point for delivering such a vital public service.
John ConleyReturning to British Rail would simplify all the Ticket Clerks’ jobs greatly.
Andy Steen, NottinghamNottingham station closed for six weeks, so they cancel services to Beeston and Long Eaton as well.
Barbara Heap, SheffieldFrom experience, privatisation means fewer and smaller trains, not enough seating, expensive fares, slack maintenance of tracks. Personal safety compromised, private profit.
Dave du Feu, LinlithgowThe East Coast service shows that public ownership works best for passengers and for government.
Linda Halsey, KnaresboroughAll public transport in the UK should be nationalised. All that means is that it belongs to us not to other nations and nationalities.
L CJ, PenzanceAs a teen addict living in Penzance, I am unable to afford the train to attend a youth narcotics anonymous meeting that I would particularly benefit from.
Sheila Gray, MiddlesbroughIt’s disgraceful that private rail still receives government subsidies. So re-nationalise rail and subsidise it properly.
Simon Dutton, BirminghamPrivatisation has been a colossal failure, with poor service and constant fare rises, going into private pockets.
David Macklin, ColchesterThe Conservative government of John Major in 1992 did not have a mandate to privatise the railway. Tories are undemocratic.
Richard McNab, SouthamptonBritain invented public railways. Now we have one of the worst, and most expensive, railway systems in the world, thanks to privatisation.