John Wilkins, SheffieldRailways are an essential public service, and should be run to benefit the public, not shareholders.
Sarah Linton, RochesterIf it ain’t broke don’t mend it.
Nick Monaghan, CastlefordRe-nationalisation is the right and only way to bring the railways back to a real form of public transport, accessible to and affordable by everyone.
Mora Rolley, AlnwickStart by not selling off the East Coast Line.
Claire James, CoventryWe need a singular railway operation.
Ian Semple, PeterboroughWith privatisation the national interest takes second place to profits and strategic planning is ineffectual. Bring back BR.
Steven Wood, GooleThe public service network – trains, roads, cycle lanes and buses is basically rubbish, badly run, expensive and always late, It needs laws to improve or sack those running it.
David Bowers, GlasgowEast Coast shows we can run trains, without private companies getting the subsidies for their profits.
Robert Masters, Newcastle-upon-TyneIt’s a total waste of taxpayers’ money, which is going straight into the bank accounts of greedy people.
Jean Withers, MorecambeThe railways should never have been taken out of public ownership.
Charlie Wyatt, GravesendSoutheastern sucks.
Jacob Rothman, Llandrindod WellsIn the 1980s British Rail had about 5 managers on high CEO salaries. The private railways now have 150.
Tim Gray, GlasgowI just want to be able to get to work. I live in a developed country. Is this really too much to ask? Rail privatisation was the worst idea ever.
Peter J Walker, BillinghamThe success of the Direct Operation of East Coast shows that taking all rail services back into public control would most likely be more successful than re-franchising.
Jane Scott, FleetIt’s time to bring back affordable transport.
Ashley Langford, WolverhamptonState amenities need state ownership by their very nature.
Iain Fergus, GlasgowDaily commuter – twenty rail trips a week.
Charlotte Moncrieff, BrightonThe last train journey I made was a nightmare and the toilets were broken and/or filthy.
Cameron Z Abbotts, RochesterBR or Network Southeast. Just anything but today I hate having several operators.
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.
Anne Callaghan, BlantyreAll utilities should be nationalised and run for the benefit of the public, not shareholders, with profits being ploughed back into the company to modernise.
Gabrielle Macbeth, GlasgowUntil rail prices fall people will continue to fly across the country. Let’s make rail the first choice for travel.
Christine Sutherland, BanburyIt shouldn’t cost more to use greener public transport than driving a car the same distance. A British railway would give the profits back into the government.
Edward Sherlock, CarmarthenAfter twenty years of greed, incompetence and lack of investment, it is time to accept that private capital cannot run a railway or a health service.
Alan Robshaw, KidderminsterBring back BR and reduce these expensive fares.
Raymond Lockwood, WakefieldRe-nationalise all TOCs.
Terry Macavoy, HalsteadI’ve experienced major cock-ups by the current train operating companies. They all seem to be interested in huge profits and not public service.
Nicholas Simcik Arese, OxfordI’m tired of monopolists extorting from me over an essential service.
Paul Carnall, SheffieldIt’s the only way to improve it now.
Suzi Rayner, Stockton-on-TeesMy dad worked on the railway before and after the privatisation. The difference in the way he was treated just proves why it needs to be re-nationalised.