Bernice Broggio, GatesheadPrivatisation is a right wing ideology that does not work with industries that need to be countrywide and where some areas need to be supported by others.
Kathleen Russell, WetherbyRail fares are too expensive. Trains don’t run on time. It’s overdue for a change.
Lee Miller, WarringtonToo many words.
Paul McNally, WashingtonI fully support the need for a publicly-owned and run railway in Britain.
Stephen Noble, WakefieldThe privatised railway costs five times what British Rail cost.
Lorna Jarman, BeaconsfieldPlease bring back sanity to our rail system.
Roy Lang, ManchesterRe-nationalise all trains.
Lee Maybin, HitchinThe railways should be run as a national asset not a privatised money-making machine for shareholders.
Jenny Young, HullLet’s show them how Great Britain should be.
David Fearnhead, NottinghamPublic services are public assets.
C Green, GodalmingRailways for the people not for profiteers.
Richard Paul, StroudThe rail fare-structure alone is madness, plus I’m a passenger, not some customer to be ripped off.
Andrew Wilkes, CardiffNationalise British Rail.
Steven McGovern, GlasgowEnd the rip-off prices.
Chris Newsam, MaltonYes, bring back railways into public ownership. If East Coast can do it then nationally we can.
Timothy Wilson, DundeeEast Coast is better now than it has been for years.
Adam Schofield, TelfordA national industry would serve the paying public.
David Zipfell, King’s LynnIt’s time to end privatisation. As each franchise ends, return it to a public run railway at no cost to taxpayers.
Chris Tucker, BristolNationalised services for the common good should be preferred over shareholder profit for the privileged few.
Andrea Fry, HuddersfieldThe sooner the rail service is out of the hands of greedy shareholders, the better.
Enid Khan, LeicesterThe railways should never have been returned to private ownership. The mess they were in then was the very reason for nationalisation. Will they never consider history?
David Kent, WhistonThey should never have been privatised in the first place.
Christopher Ryder, LondonIt’s not socialism, it is just sense.
Tim Boxley, GraffhamIt can’t come soon enough.
Chris Bourne, NottinghamIt’s about time we could book tickets on the day without having to pay stupid money compared with having planned a journey 5 weeks in advance.
Matthew Hopper, WallaseyTime perhaps to look again at the performance of all of the previously nationalised industries. I think that public ownership might result in greater accountability.
Jane Thurlow, WatfordI’m 63, so from personal experience I can say it was better and safer when it was British Rail.
Ian Wilson, DarlingtonRailways and utilities should be owned by the taxpayers rather than exploited by investors both here and abroad. How can it be right that vital assets are owned privately?
Michael Cadoux, YorkEast Coast. Enough said.
Martyn Thirlway, LondonThis is something I have been saying for a long time. The government should be responsible for transport, hospitals and schools. I wish this action the very best.