Sandra West, PortlandThe rail service needs to be brought back to the people. All private train operators are only interested in profit. Here in the South the train service is shocking.
Keith Rogers, BirminghamPeople before profit.
Jane Glaister, WakefieldThe sooner the better.
Daniel Carr, BirminghamNational action now!
S Grygielewicz, ColchesterWe need an end to these greedy companies that put profit before people.
Geoff Roberts, RickmansworthPrivatisation of strategic national assets is just a funnel from the pockets of users and taxpayers to those of shareholders.
Douglas Carey, EpsomAll British utilities should be publicly-owned, not just British Rail, but all public transport and water, electricity and gas, and all should be run as not-for-profit.
Nick Urquhart, AberdeenThe shocking performance of rail services shows it needs to be state-owned. I do not remember the last time a train left exactly on time.
Nina Mihocic, BrightonBring back British Rail.
Daniel Brown, PrestatynI love British Rail.
Tom Watkins, GravesendAs a contractor to L.U.L., I see an amazing amount of wasted time and money.
Emily Wood, Medford, New YorkI’m not even British, but I’ve seen exactly what happens when private companies get their filthy thieving hands on public railroads.
Martin Siedek, LondonI travel every day using Southern. They have been making my travel a misery for the last year and it’s getting worse by the day. It’s outrageous what they make people go through.
Suzy Adderley, LondonRe-nationalise the railways, rebuild the infrastructure and also bring back flowerbeds on stations and tidy tracks.
Susan Homer, Stockton-on-TeesBritish Rail was wonderful, not perfect but wonderful. Now prices are too expensive for me to use even with a disabled rail card. Please go back to British Rail.
John Eaton, High PeakThe present system is much too complicated and wasteful, set up to make money for financial institutions etc., rather than to run an effective railway.
Robert Danvers-Wright, SittingbourneThese are our services, paid for by our taxes, this sort of privatisation should be illegal.
Sarah Filmer, SouthamptonSo needed.
Stephen Chalk, SouthamptonBritish Rail for all.
Jeff Hemmen, LondonAs a foreigner who now lives in the UK, I still cannot believe how expensive (and otherwise capitalist) trains in the UK are, and that the British people let this happen.
Jamie Walsh, WatfordEnd the greed.
Ben Watson, LondonRail privatisation has obviously been a disaster for both passengers and staff.
Monica Tyler, LeedsRe-nationalisation is the only possible option for a service to benefit the whole community.
Paul Rocks, StreathamI’ve spent hours and tens of thousands of pounds over the last 10 years on privately-owned trains. The fruits of Southern, FGW & South West trains leaves me unimpressed.
Jean Gilliard, BexleyJust bring back British Rail.
Paul Bradley, RhylBring back all the profit the shareholders are getting. It can go back into investing or reducing fares as they go up a bomb every year.
Liz Gray, GorebridgePrivatisation of British Rail was always a retrograde step as far as the service to passengers is concerned. Hopefully, an independent Scotland will nationalise ScotRail.
John Smetham, WallsendRail fares are a travesty – beyond the reach of the people.
Neil Brodie, PortsmouthBack to the good old days.