Adrian Giles, SandersteadI believe that the infrastructure of the country should be in the hands of the people and any profit from the operation of those services should be ploughed back in.
John Lloyd, ExeterPrivatisation has been a disaster.
Patricia Wilson, MerseysideIt should never have been privatised and now it’s gone to ruin, no money has been spent on it and all has been banked for the owners.
Marie Macfarlane, GlasgowIt would be good to have rail travel available to all of us and the need for profit to be at the bottom of the priority list.
Robert Gordon, LiverpoolIt’s time we the taxpayers have more say on how our money is spent.
Brian Flynn, LeedsIt is vital for the future of our society that we begin to take back into public ownership those things the state ought rightly to manage.
Matthew Callingham, RetfordWe need to stop being fleeced.
Laura Virtanen, TrowbridgeI am disappointed with the service from Trowbridge to Bath which I have just heard will continue for the next four years.
Andrew Dolan, PeterboroughRail fares increase, subsidies higher than ever, privatisation in its current form is abysmal.
Anthony Hammond, DealLets have some consideration for the public and not private profit.
David Yewdall, BlackpoolRe-nationalise the railway and get rid of the gangsters who run it for their shareholders. Let’s get DB to run it. After all that is the German government, not shareholders.
Jim Harkson, LincolnshireThe people will it.
Phil Coleman, SwanseaToo much of our railways are state owned – by other European countries! Time to re-nationalise and save ourselves billions of pounds.
Benjamin Jude, SouthamptonGiven the fact that there is practically no room for competition on the tracks, a few companies hold a monopoly and are profiteering because of that.
Alan Stevens, FleetIconic British Rail.
Linda Walker, BirminghamWe need a good reliable, reasonable travel network to support and reduce the amount of traffic on our congested road network.
Kathleen Byrne, Newcastle-upon-TyneBritish Rail should be kept public and not sold off to those only interested in money.
Susan Callaghan, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatised rail services are a disgrace. Services are overcrowded and late and prices are becoming extortionate. Network Rail should be taken back into public ownership.
Charles Philpot, SheffieldIt is absolutely ridiculous that a 2 hour journey would cost above £40 from Sheffield to Oxford, booked a month and a half in advance. Seriously, we need cheaper prices.
Martin Le Fevre, BelfordRail is a necessary service not a profit machine for capitalists.
Andrew Iddenden, AldershotA government decision that was incredibly misguided and influenced by greed and corruption.
Mark Ransley, West MallingYou should not be able to publicise a service which many of us have no choice but to use. It’s just wrong.
Anvar Turobov, LondonThe service is appalling. The government should take the service back from private companies who failed massively.
John Sadler, LongframlingtonPlease re-nationalise our railways. I believe this would help to control spiralling ticket prices and also make routes and schedules of the system more efficient.
Andre Gittens, WarringtonThe government only cares about money and profits – then people. When our railway was run by BR, the people were BR’s best friends, their number one priority.
AndiIt would be nice if Britain also still had some industry left in the form of locomotive and carriage manufacture, instead of having to buy everything from abroad.
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.
Stephen Foster, WillenhallAll key services and industries should be in public ownership. Service, not profit.
Les Atkinson, Newcastle-upon-TyneWe have had enough of incompetent fat cats ruining our rail infrastructure.
Sandra Cunliffe, ColdstreamAny profit made should be re-invested into the service not go to private companies. East Coast rail was great. I can’t believe they lost the franchise.