Faraz Choudhry, SheffieldPrivatisation has never worked and it’s a failed experiment on our national infrastructure that leaves it fragmented.
Robert Pankhurst, St AlbansPrivatisation of public services has been a disaster (except for the fat cats). Let’s take back as our own.
James Dawn, GloucesterRailways are the property of the British public like all infrastructure. Utilities should be not owned and plundered for profit by fat cats who pay no taxes.
Susan Forrest, North BerwickI believe in an integrated rail network, run as an entity for the benefit of all, without dividends paid to shareholders.
Justin Glover, CardiffThirteen years of increased prices and increased delays with decreased services. Surely this cannot be justified.
Lawson Cartwright, WorcesterBritain has the highest train fares in Western Europe. National Rail receives billions each year in grants so it is in all intents and purposes state-run.
Jimmy Purewal, LondonI believe that the railways should be nationalised because they are too expensive for me to be able to commute to work and other locations.
Paul Hawkins, CardiffWhat’s the hold up? Get it done.
Susan Shaw, BarnsleyThe government should run the country to benefit citizens, not big business. They need to be reminded of this.
Reynold Hutchinson, Berwick-upon-TweedAnother example of the rape of this country by Westminster.
Tony Sandland, BirminghamI’m an ex-Saltley guard. This infrastructure that’s losing a battle is ludicrous. Bring back British Rail.
John Weeks, RushdenIt wasn’t broke and now BR needs to be re-nationalised.
James Craig-Gray, LondonPrivate companies succeed by putting profits first. That’s what capitalism is all about. Nationalised companies can put the public benefit first.
Frank Nicholas AdamThe sorry saga of railway franchising was exemplified by Connex.
Alison Harris, PontefractRailways and other forms of public transport should be subsidised by the state for the benefit of the users and employees and not for shareholders in private companies.
Helen Cullivan, Hutton BrentwoodI have to use the train to get to and from work. They have used every excuse they can come up with.
Jane Ayres, New MillsNo system is perfect, but lining the pockets of big business with public money, while enjoying an expensive and inferior service, is the worst of all worlds.
Dario Giudici, StevenageI joined British Rail in 1983 and am still in the industry today. I can’t believe we pay people to run a service so that they can make a profit.
Jason Kalidas, LondonI am more than sick of this madly priced rail system. I travel in Europe by train often and the fares are reasonable.
Paul Taylor, LeedsThe recent move to sell off East Coast Mainline is a betrayal of all the people of this country in favour of one section of it. Disgraceful.
Jack Dickinson, PenzanceFull communism.
Roddie Arnott, EdinburghIt seems sheer folly that as a country we now pay more in state subsidies to the private providers than we ever paid for British Rail
Brian Hammond, EssexJust see sense and bring it back along with London Transport buses and tubes.
Ronald Donnelly, LondonPrivatisation has patently not worked.
Anthony Stunners, WarboysJust that – bring back British Railways – and steam too, whilst we are about it. Then we would have a REAL railway.
Mike Christy, StroudThe railways are a service. We should put service before profit.
Nicklas Gaskell, ExeterI believe the golden age of British Rail should be ahead of us, not behind.
Jack Rutherford, CambridgeI’m 100% behind this. We need a unified rail system. Privatisation has given us awful service.
Jean Mertzanakis, LeedsIf BR reduces prices and doesn’t make me sit on my luggage from Leeds to London I might use trains again rather than National Express buses.
Martin Gentile, ExeterRe-nationalise and bring back efficiency.