Anita Maunsell, NewarkPrivatised rail has only resulted in complicated and highly expensive services.
Leslie Dalton, Weston-super-MareTrains for transport not profit.
Kevin McGroarty, GlasgowPrivatisation has failed. Bring our railways back into public hands.
Robert Robinson, LondonGive us back our railways.
Alex West, BournemouthStop the scandal of private train companies running a monopoly service.
Eric Sargeant, DerbyIt makes sense.
Ashutosh Pandey, GlastonburyBring back British Rail.
Ian Ellison, NorthleachMass Transit systems around the world are subsidised or state-owned. Private ownership combines minimum service levels and maximum cost.
Jonathan Barnes, HitchinWhy subsidise private railway companies? They are leeching public money. Railways should be a public service.
Janet Smith, LeicesterPrivatising railways has just funnelled money into private pockets, reduced efficiency and raised costs for taxpayers and travellers.
Christine Cunningham, PlymouthAs you can see, Plymouth and Cornwall are at the backend of beyond according to those who run the railways. Anything south of Bristol does not exist. Enough said.
Georgios Siminas, ManchesterPrivatisation has allowed behemoths of companies to immorally inflate rail prices and has left us with no alternative but to empty our wallets in order to travel.
Dr M Relich, EdinburghThe railway network should be a public service, not just run for corporate profit.
Sue Millman, LondonPrivatisation hasn’t worked. Re-nationalise now.
Barbara Heap, SheffieldFrom experience, privatisation means fewer and smaller trains, not enough seating, expensive fares, slack maintenance of tracks. Personal safety compromised, private profit.
Philip Gibbard, CambridgeThe railways should be a publicly-owned, fully integrated, modern service, not a money-making machine for a few greedy companies subsided by the taxes.
Neil Hinkinson, BirminghamCrossCountry is a shocking service.
Alan Britcher, SandyThe East Coast Main Line is running well under state ownership. Henry Ford said “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”
Nicola Riley, RedcarIt would be good to have it back.
Bob Balfour, LeedsTime to run a railway that’s about the people who use it and not an ideological experiment that has failed. For a British Rail that meets the needs of people the time has come.
Jack Wright, GlasgowLet’s end the profiteering.
James McAlpine, InvernessThe joke is on us and it’s time we said ‘enough is enough’.
Stephen Pacey, WorksopI’m old enough to remember BR, ergo I’m old enough to remember plenty of carriages and plenty of seats – and at a reasonable price.
Sandra Knight, EdinburghKeep British Rail publicly owned.
Phil SimpsonThe private railway is not more efficient. It is interested only in the bottom line, not providing any kind of a service.
Xian Yu Jee, EghamA nationalised railway that is run in the best interests of the public rather than the bulging pockets of the shareholders will benefit more people than the select elite.
Richard Norris, HullFor too long the profits of these private companies have been fed back into the pockets of shareholders at the expense of the British public.
Ellen Pearce, PlymouthGive us what we want.
Elaine Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe rail services have deteriorated enormously since privatisation and fares just go up and up. Privatisation equals bad service, full stop.
Lesley Silver, BedfordThis is a public service, not a public cash cow.