James France, EdinburghFrom the customers’ point of view, give me three benefits of privatisation.
Ann Scott, BirminghamAnything would be an improvement and one single operation would make booking easier. People not profits should be the top priority for such services.
Denise Murphy, St AlbansSt Albans passengers never get a morning seat to London.
Amy Sargent, PortsmouthI would like to ask my local MP, Penny Mordaunt (Con) to actually speak out and call for a motion on this. The saving and benefits are undeniable.
Nigel Holmes, HullThere is no logical reason not to return the railways to public ownership, run like a business, to keep tickets economical and benefit the travelling public.
Wina Yaman, Newcastle-upon-TyneThank you for initiating the movement.
David Gillian, LeedsPublic transport should be for the public, not for private profit. With climate change looming we need affordable fares to encourage cleaner travel. Re-nationalise the railways.
Fred Hayles, St Leonards On SeaAll British owned utilities have gone down hill since Maggie Thatcher started her demolition of Great Britain.
Michael Ludlam, CoulsdonI totally agree. Southern Rail have an appalling service this summer, and it’s only getting worse. These rail companies have run out of excuses.
Kevin Philliskirk, SunderlandFragmented privatised railways with these ridiculous ticket structures just make no sense. We need a state-owned rail system.
Nick Lawn, DerbyI’m behind this 100%.
Margaret Gordon, GodalmingPrivatisation has not worked. We have spent a fortune putting money into shareholders’ pockets instead of reinvesting it back into the railway system.
Mark Goodfellow, LiverpoolThe railways, being a huge part of the transport infrastructure in the UK, should be run for the people as a non profit making organisation.
John Gilmartin, SuttonI’ve never seen such a tight-run service – appalling, overcrowded, overpriced, unreliable. Sort it out.
Alexander Camkin, RedditchJust bring back the way it used to be, efficient, reasonable prices. Above all else it should be state-owned, by the people for the people and not for private profit.
Yvonne Sanders, MaidenheadIt is a public service and needs to be in public control with no purpose for profit.
Mira Vogel, IlfordIt’s in the name isn’t it – “public” transport.
Sue Brown, Bishops StortfordWe should re-nationalise not only British Rail but the Post Office, the Electricity and Gas companies and London Transport etc.
Gordon Hay, SandiacreAre our trains better or cheaper now? Not at all. The pricing policy is a joke.
Liam McCombe, BarnsleyMy commute daily costs me £20 and it takes me only 14 minutes.
Calum Menzies, GlasgowI’m disgruntled at a system where foreign state-owned companies can profiteer from our trains, but our government can’t operate a nationalised service.
Alan Summerhayes, BristolStop wasting money on a poor service. Bring back BR now.
Tom Bell, RetfordThe example set by East Coast since 2009 shows that this is the best and only option that benefits the taxpayer.
Matt Simpson, Cradley HeathSomething needs to be done to make travel cheaper for everyone, in a time when people are having to travel more for work.
Hadi Mehrpouya, EdinburghThis is a wonderful movement. My stomach turns every time I hear about the subsidies, and the amount of money private companies are stealing from the public.
William Dudley, StevenageI am a retired employee of WAGN (12 years) and have seen a lot of change, most by foreign rail companies. In my view the rail system belongs to the public.
Bill Murray, Fair IsleI think governments bail out privatised rail companies so I think they should be run as a nationalised industry.
Dave Gonzalez, OxfordshireLet’s fix this. One of the biggest mistakes in the ’90s.