A S, GlasgowI love trains. Why oh why was such a lovely industry privatised and now used for profit only? Bring back British Rail.
Daniel Whatmuff, London£249 for return from London to Leeds. Privatisation of the rail networks just doesn’t work in the best interests of the public.
Chris Kellett, SheffieldThe railways were built for the public to use. We should be the ones to make the decisions etc.
Will Benton, Godalming£4,116 for an annual season ticket to work – 20% of my income. What for? Slow trains, sitting on the floor and heated carriages in the summer. BBBR I say!
John Brunton, LondonWhen New Labour welched on its promise to re-nationalise in 1997, I knew something had gone wrong. It’s time to see the railways benefit people again.
Jane Evans, Newcastle-upon-TyneEast Coast have run the London-Newcastle-Edinburgh-Aberdeen line very effectively since it was handed back after the second of two failures by private companies.
Helen Glazier, SheffieldPublic transport is a public service. It should not be for profit-making businesses who get subsidised by taxpayers.
Alex Shearman, SolihullFares are too high. The system needs to be run for the public.
J Miller, BerkhamstedWhy can’t we all have a service as good as the nationally-owned East Coast line?
Denis Watterson, OtleyPrivatisation has been a very expensive mistake. These companies invest next to nothing and cream off great profits.
Patrick Healy, BillinghamPlease don’t privatise the whole of Britain. We have little left. Leave trains alone.
Lauren Murray, LondonAnd this goes for the NHS as well.
Martin Tolley, IpswichThe rail system needs to be brought back into public ownership. Private companies have lumbered from one disaster to another. It’s not value for money.
Alan J. Coyle, Newcastle-upon-TyneThey should never have been privatised in the first place. Money-grabbing Tories and their mates.
Paul Craft, New RomneyStop selling off our national assets for a quick pound to balance the books. Bring back British Rail.
Gideon Dewhirst, GuildfordBring back a fairer and more effective railway.
Rhona Wyer, Upper BangorI’m sick of paying all these backroom boys for being incompetent with their franchise biddings. Let’s have more money spent locally employing people in our stations.
Roxana Anniuk, Philadelphia, USAFrequent travellers need decent fares.
Stephen Robinson, NortholtOverpriced, over complicated. I was stuck in Southampton and needed to beg a rival train company to get me home. It’s pathetic.
Vanessa Rambridge, PrestonPlease re-nationalise our railways, as the privatisation of them is not working. We do not have to make a profit as it all goes into the pockets of the wealthy shareholders.
Roger Averill, NorthamptonThe railways are already nationalised, but it’s the people in Europe who own our railways. Take them back!
Jim White, Newcastle-upon-TyneSafety and operation of our rail network should not be in private hands. We need an integrated rail system.
Tristan Owen, LondonI’m disgruntled and fed up with daily cancellations, delays and overcrowded peak-time services on the Luton/St Albans to Sevenoaks service.
KC Mull, BanburyChiltern amended a perfectly good timetable with disastrous results.
James Howells, LondonIt’s the worst railway service in the World and a system that exists solely to rip off commuters. The end of this botched system can’t come soon enough.
Anthony Faulkner, MirfieldThe Labour party has let us down – they should have re-nationalised BR without compensation.
Royston Maldoom, LondonThe worst privatisation experiment ever. We also need to re-open closed lines.
Ian Crockford, BirminghamBritish Rail I miss you!
Isabel Cairns, DurhamWe must fight to bring back British Rail.
Jason Goodman, Canvey IslandI’ve signed this due to finding out it costs more for a 28 minute journey from Ashford to Stratford than it does for a trip from Paris to Berlin. How can we justify this?