Nick Shelley, NottinghamHow absurd to break up an integrated organisation and sell it to private companies and to other state railway companies.
Paul Lydiate, LondonThe privatised network is a far bigger drain on the public purse than British Rail ever was. The privatised network makes no economic sense.
Richard Carpenter, AbergavennyQualified support only as I don’t want the trade unions running the service.
Karanjit Juss, BirminghamI currently work for Network Rail.
Edna Woodhead, SheffieldTake British Rail back into public ownership.
John Pritchard, Berwick-upon-TweedOwned by the public, run for the public, for the benefit of the public.
Ben Huggins, ExeterIt needs doing now. Re-nationalise the lot.
Solomon Gibson, DudleyIn a system where the workers’ travel is a necessity to the workers’ production, it is the workers who should own the means of travel.
John Kearns, BoltonKeep going chaps. Railways first, utilities second.
Terry McKeown, LeedsProfiteering, money before service, disgraceful lies and deceit. It’s time for a change. Escape Tory and Labour lies.
Christopher Smith, CoventryHS2 plus high ticket costs prohibit train travel by a large, poorer section of our society and therefore inhibits jobs and prosperity.
Andrew Emerson, PortsmouthAs they are the rail companies have to be bailed out by the tax-payer.
Alastair BailyPrivatisation’s been a disaster in terms of the costs of achieving improvements to the railway.
Rich May, GloucesterI myself believe now is the time for British Rail to become National Rail again.
Mark Estkowski, ManchesterI despise those managers. I want to buy a ticket from a human being.
Mike FriendThe trains were privatised under the Tory mantra that everything not private is useless, now we have a few wealthy people getting mega rich at everyone’s expense.
Louis Boyce, Kingston-upon-ThamesOnce upon a time we, the common people of the UK, did own BR. Then we gave it away to the rich kids to play with.
Paul Clarkson, BrighouseI pay over £2000 per year for my train ticket to Manchester. We’re stacked in like cattle, no straw, always late. Public transport is a public service, so take it back.
Ian Bruce, StockportPrivatisation is the Robin Hood principle in reverse.
Susan Rees, WhitstableThe fares are a rip-off. It’s a joke. The trains are not very clean for what you pay. Sometimes you have to stand. My son-in-law pays a fortune to travel from Whitstable.
Francois Calitz, PurfleetI’m sick and tired of paying through my nose for a pathetic and unreliable service on C2C. I’ve had enough.
Marie Smith, DurhamI believe strongly that all public transport, and particularly the rail network, should be nationalised.
Martin Upham, HornseyRolling stock shortages and the Eurostar sale show privatisation is a disaster. Re-nationalise now.
Hannah Davies, BasingstokeI can’t even afford to visit my friends in Woking, even though it’s such a short journey. These prices are obscene.
Sergio Seelochan, NottinghamStop bleeding money to overseas rail companies and use profits to make fares cheaper and the service better.
Helen Scott, Downham MarketKeep staff at small stations. Ticket machines aren’t enough.
David Treasurer, CanterburyAll public services should be run for people not profit.
Lynda Rooke, BristolI travel regularly on rail. Yesterday was a prime example – air conditioning not working, delays, dirty train and slower journey time than the 1970’s.
Chris Parsons, BodminThe railway should be a social service, not a commodity to be traded.
Alan Martin, LiverpoolRail and all transport should be a public service, publicly owned and controlled, not the profit making toy of the private sector.