Paul Hancock, FerryhillThey should never have been privatised. Complete rip-off now.
Michael Barlow, DurhamGNER was the most efficient service in the country when back in public hands, which says it all. Privately owned means profit before investment.
Gill Boden, CardiffPlease bring back BR.
Steve Brown, Newcastle Upon TyneA shocking service. I’m sick of sending compensation forms and complaining for late running or cancelled trains. It costs a fortune and isn’t reliable. BBBR.
Mike Nash, PoyntonThe train service at my local station (Poynton) is getting worse and worse because Virgin wants to keep increasing the frequency of the Manchester-London service.
Peter Yates, DerbyPrivatisation has cherry-picked the best routes and neglected less fortunate ones. We need a proper network again.
Craig Morris, NorthamptonThe shambles of railways in this country is a disgrace. We deserve a railway network we can be proud of and the French model shows that national is the way to go.
C Haines, LondonThe lines destroyed by Beeching must be reinstated, and the entire system ring-fenced from all banking influence and run as a not-for-profit public service.
Karen Heaton, Stockton-on-TeesBritish Rail should belong to the British people.
Malcolm Hinksman, LutonThis is not good for the public, just another rip-off by the government.
Gerard Moore, LondonPrivatised railways are a Victorian concept.
David Millar, Stoke-on-TrentPlease re-nationalise and invest in competent managers.
Leonard Jones, Ellesmere PortIt should be run by people for the people not for the rich and greedy.
Donna Ainsworth, LeatherheadI am tired of being late for work, late getting home, waiting nervously for trains at unmanned stations, and having no toilets or waiting rooms open on a cold night.
Joshua Harper, ManchesterPrivate ownership of rail companies puts profit before customers and allows private companies to profit from failure. This is unacceptable and needs to change.
James Evans, LondonThe railways are far too important to allow private firms to run them into the ground. These companies bring no money or expertise to the industry, yet they get rich.
Gordon Hay, SandiacreAre our trains better or cheaper now? Not at all. The pricing policy is a joke.
A Mathur, WirksworthPrivatisation means fragmentation and the loss of co-ordination and accountability. It also means a profit take from every part of the service leading to higher costs.
Ray Tidd, SouthendThe way things are going with privatisation, there will be no safety left on the railways, with all the job cuts, disasters waiting to happen. I work for them.
Lucy Bell, ReadingThe only way forward.
John Carlisle, SheffieldLet us undo the great mistake that New Labour would not, when they had a golden opportunity.
Mike FriendIf our government is serious about the shift from road to rail then now is the opportunity.
Robert Morris, UttoxeterAfter travelling to many European countries and using their train systems it is easy to see what we must do to fix our horrendous train service in the U.K.
Philip Knight, North PethertonMy Father spent 41 yrs on the railway, from cleaner to top link driver, Royal Train et al. He said it would go to pot.
Philip Elliot, SheffieldThere has been no evidence that privatising the railways has been in the public interest. The railways are still subsidised and there is no benefit to the rail users.
Roger Gowers, TelfordTrack, rolling stock, time-tabling, maintenance planning, financing all run by one organisation working for the same purpose. What’s wrong with the common sense of that?
Sue Richmond, SheffieldI just love our trains, so save them.
Andrew Mclean-Reid, SherfieldThe railway is a service, not a business. It enables business, so should be viewed as a means to an end, not run as the end itself.
Stuart Wilkins, BrockenhurstIf the rail industry is ‘private’ why then do the train operating companies take their profits whilst the taxpayer is still contributing considerably to the rail network.
Simon Harris, MansfieldThey should never have been privatised. It is costing the taxpayer far too much and fares are unacceptably high. We are at the mercy of privateers.