Jeff Gibson, SheffieldThe people’s railway. Privatisation is a no.
Paula Riley, BurnleyNever give up on the good things. Railways could be a good source of income for the Government.
Nathaniel Dodd, ChelmsfordRead ‘On the Wrong Line’ by Christian Wolmar. It’s right to Bring Back British Rail.
Nick Packer, GlasgowThere are a few things I believe should not be subject to market forces, shareholder interests etc.
David Gutteridge, ChesterfieldThe fare structure is ridiculously complex and the prices are a rip-off. Competition has achieved nothing for the ordinary traveller.
Glen Summers, BurtonI’m almost 70 and have travelled extensively on trains all of my life. The service was better when nationalised. Now it’s bad service, no seats and too expensive for me.
Matt Hoban, ThirskRailway travel should be a public service/right but it would seem our native rail travel is completely profit-driven, which is criminal.
Warren Knight, St AlbansSee our web site lawfulrebellionstalbans.blogspot.co.uk.
David Phelps, CardiffWe need affordable travel in our small country.
Tim Hardy, PortsmouthBring it back but no more excuses like wrong kind of leaves on the track.
Simon Neller, LondonPublic transportation is a utility, not a for-profit business.
Kay Davies, NantwichBring it back.
Peter Jones, PrestonPrivatisation was the civilian equivalent of a war crime.
Sam Roberts, LondonMake fares fair again.
Jacquie Ludlow, CheshamI am sick of the government feeling they can do what they like to our country. What happened to freedom of speech? We are not listened to any more.
James Reid, MiddlesbroughI believe BR should be reinstated because it allowed the British people to travel the country in an affordable manner whilst still making a large profit.
Mark Bentley, LeicesterPrivatisation has simply not delivered the benefits that were promised. For me, I never believed it would.
Patricia Gray, BarnsleyIt should simply be re-nationalised now.
Les HowarthBritish Rail had its problems but it was a joined-up network. Since privatisation things are probably better if you want to go A to B but not A to B to C.
Jemma Harris, West ByfleetStop Southwest trains bad service and high prices.
Leigh Hatts, LondonTrain tickets are too expensive and too complicated to understand.
Kerrian Guybert-Routier, Lardy, FranceFrom France I say: no privatisation of SNCF, bring back British Rail!
Marie McCahery, BradfordThere are so many social and environmental benefits from having a well-used railway system. It is not suitable to be run by short-termist corporations.
Stefan Pierlejewski, StockportThere is a reason we all pay taxes. Water, health and transport should be priority.
Peter Earl, LewesPrivatisation has been a failure, destroying the nation’s public transport and placing considerable additional costs on all users.
Emilia Hoffmann, PenrithTrain costs at a stupid level while private companies reap the benefits, our government needs to step up.
Alex Bailey, Craven ArmsPublic transport must serve the interests of the public.
Roger Bridgman, LondonBritish Rail offered a good service. Left as it was, it would soon have reached the glossy standards of today’s overpriced, heavily subsidised private companies.
Andrew Delderfield, Hemel HempsteadWe must have a service that is affordable and the public are not robbed of money by rich private companies who don’t even invest back into this country.
Kevin Alderson, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation is a complete rip-off – it’s nothing more than selling to the public what it already owns. It’s time for accountability for public services to be restored.