Alan Hetherington, CarlisleStop the waste and profiteering and provide a well-funded and maintained public train service everyone can be proud of.
John Goosetree, SpaldingGet all railway out of hands of greedy stockholders.
John Raynor, LutonRe-nationalise energy as well.
Martin Tulloch, LondonIt is unacceptable that we have the most expensive rail system in Europe by a significant margin, yet blatant profiteering is happening within the current rail operators.
Richard Kemp-Salt, BrightlingseaI quite agree, a not-for-profit set-up for the railway – a proven success with the East Coast railway. Privatisation was a very hurried piece of legislation.
Paul Whiteley, HullRe-nationalise, the sooner the better.
Daniel Miller, LondonPrivatised rail still relies upon public money as well as fares, so only the profit has been privatised, not the cost.
Mira Vogel, IlfordIt’s in the name isn’t it – “public” transport.
Joan Fournier, HarlowThis scandalous rip-off of ordinary working people obliged to depend on the railways to commute to work must end. It is legalised extortion.
Sean Atkinson, GrimsbyPrivatisation was always a bad idea for public services. The private sector still gets subsidies.
Jonathan Deady, SwindonBritish Rail should be brought back and then perhaps we will get a better railway in the UK.
Patricia Gore, LeedsThe truth is that the taxpayer still subsidises the railways to a huge amount. It is only privatised in the sense that the profits go to shareholders, not the taxpayer.
Jamie Stokes, WinchesterIt is time to bring back British Rail for the better of Britain’s rail industry.
Charles Regan, WolverhamptonEnd this rip-off of passengers and taxpayers by private corporations. Put people and an integrated transport system ahead of private profit.
Jasmine Matthews, HuddersfieldI always felt I was not enough of an expert to get involved in politics. Now I realise there are very few experts within politics.
Kaan Sahin, WiganBBBR.
Winifred Murphy, NorthwichWe have paid enough In subsidies to these private companies.
Matty Nesbitt, LiverpoolRe-nationalise it all!
Margaret Evans, SheffieldGood idea. Good luck. Nationalisation next.
Simon Botten, DissAny train departing within 10 minutes of its scheduled departure time is officially ‘on time’. This shows the mess the system is in; services are totally unreliable.
Paul Strong, LondonIn the late 1970s it was the most efficient rail network in the World other than Japan.
Brian Cox, StaffordCan be done over time, when contracts are due to expire.
Tony Hoad, IlfordThe present system is fragmented and needs a common co-ordinated approach.
Sue Clark, LondonLearn from past mistakes, i.e. the previous privatisation didn’t work. Why repeat the exercise?
Kathleen A Hancox, RuncornWe need a reliable, affordable train service. My husband commutes to Manchester, my daughter is going to university in Huddersfield and my eldest lives in Sheffield.
David S., Milton KeynesIt should never have been privatised, like all other public services – Water, Gas, Electricity, which were all sold to foreigners who made a fortune off the backs of British people.
John French, LiverpoolI’m an ex British Rail driver. I left when Major sold off your railways to his friends.
Suhail Noorani, LondonThe state’s washed its hands of the railways, thereby letting down the people, turning the system into a money-making scam instead of one of the best in the World.
Toby Jenkins, LondonBring back a utility managed as a whole for the whole population.
Billy Morrison, Ashby-de-la-ZouchThey said it wouldn’t be sold yet here we are. Rail is a mess at the moment and it needs sorting.