Andy Ruffell, AshfordIf I want to travel to London (36 minutes away) It costs me £36. £1 per minute, that’s crazy.
Char March, Hebden BridgeI often use East Coast which has improved massively since it was taken back into public ownership. Why oh why are they going to privatise it again? Oh yes, to get rich.
Neil Wilson, WarringtonBring back British Rail.
David Dickson, NelsonIs it true that we subsidise German rail fares.
Mary Humphreys, ElyLet’s have more railway stations in places that are now removed from the rail network, yet are major market towns. Reverse Beeching.
Peggy McKeown, ConsettThe East Coast line has made a profit since it was taken back. Now they want to put it back into private hands.
Penny Thornton, StorringtonTime to stop blanket privatisation of public services, including transport.
Ed Bateman, BristolI want to choose the station I leave from, the station I arrive at and the time I travel. I don’t need or want to choose a company to pilfer the profits.
Lee Montgomery, LondonPlease re-nationalise the railway! This has been well overdue, British people want their railway back.
Damian Quinlan, LeedsEast Coast gives us the profit. Let’s keep it that way.
Lauren Conway, BarnsleyIt is important that the general public are provided with reliable, affordable transport and it should be public.
Rebecca Dobson, Tunbridge WellsThe privatisation of the railways was an ideological move by the Tories. Privatisation only works where there is competition but our rail operators have a monopoly.
Diane Lindsay, OrmskirkMy son works 12 hour shifts in Manchester and Northern Rail have made this unbearable, very close to undoable.
Edmund English, Newcastle-upon-TyneWhy Thatcher?
Roger Higgs, BudeThe provision of essentials like water, power and transport should obviously not be in private hands.
Stewart Moffat, EccleshallFor the people, not for private profit.
Susan Bell, LondonBring back British Rail.
Roslynn Turner, Londonthis was funded for the people by the people it should never have been a profit making private concern, which most people cannot afford.
Mark Estkowski, ManchesterI despise those managers. I want to buy a ticket from a human being.
Ian Fraser, HarrogateEverybody, and the environment, benefits from an affordable, dependable and comprehensive public transport system. It should not be run for private profit.
Marie Macfarlane, GlasgowIt would be good to have rail travel available to all of us and the need for profit to be at the bottom of the priority list.
Mary Ireson, Isle of MullBring back British Rail.
Ian Ashleigh, East GrinsteadAs a daily rail user, this has to happen.
Angela Lemay, WinkleighBring it back into public ownership because profit and service don’t mix.
Mary Williams, Market DraytonIt’s a total shambles at present and don’t talk to me about the online ticket buying farce. Viva BR.
Emily Townsend, LondonIt’s not difficult to see the parallels between the current privatisation of the NHS and what was done to the railways over the space of 20 years.
Ben Collins, East MallingBring back proper public transport.
Michael Yates, BillingsI haven’t been in the UK for 12 years but I used to love riding the rails and I’m saddened by what I’ve heard about how things have gone down hill since privatisation.
Marilyn Tsiorvas, SheffieldThe current situation of private companies is chaotic and inefficient for customers and increasingly impoverishing for us and enriching for the shareholders.
Derrick Jones, LiverpoolReturn the nation’s railways to the nation.