Phil Vaughan, PlymouthPrivatisation has had its day. It’s time for it to be run for the public not for shareholders. The cost of tickets is ridiculous. and confusing.
Chris and Rosemary Staddon, NottinghamOur rail network needs coherence which is not possible with too many privatised bits
Daniel Bell, SaltashPublic transport should be public infrastructure not for profit.
Graham Ross, GlenrothesThis is undoubtedly the way forward for many privatised institutions.
Mike Lawlor, GloucesterBritish Rail was excellent – it just lacked investment and political commitment. BBBR,
Vera Green, MacclesfieldServices before profit.
Katy Makepeace-Gray, LondonI might have to find a new job if the trains don’t improve.
Ray Watson, WesterhamThe railways should serve the people, not Network Rail directors.
Anthony Bonner, AshfordBring back British Rail as it was the best the railway ever and best it has been for a long time.
Chun Yin Chan, Hong KongBring the rail industry back to life with more British-made trains, something like the next generation of Intercity 125s.
Christine Clifford, LondonWe need completely joined up railways with all profit reinvested.
Peter McKenna, PontefractCheap reliable rail, a Government’s responsibility, not a shareholder’s.
Thomas CoyleBoot Arriva out ASAP!
Adrian Nugent, CrawleyPut public transport back in the hands of the public and make people accountable for the service we are currently paying for.
Dylan Watkins, LydneyI am utterly opposed to the rotten franchise system, and the pointless split between track and train ownership, and increasingly unaffordable fares.
Howard Shaw, PrestonIt should never have been privatised.
Mike Sherry, DudleyGet all our utilities back into public ownership.
Terence Cook, BarnsleyWhy are we selling our services to other groups to make money out of us? Let’s invest in our own country.
Thomas Edwin Eddleston, OldhamThey should never have been privatised in the first place.
Callum Sutherland, ForresNeed to end privatisation.
Terry Bennett, BirminghamPrivatising Britain’s railways was wrong. Train operating companies are interested in the shareholders and not the travelling public.
Ria JonesI worked for the railways for fifteen years and I left in 1993 as privatisation was coming in. I now cannot afford to travel by train.
Helen Saltern, BudeA re-unified rail network just might restore a rail link to North Cornwall.
Caroline Abbott, MiddlesbroughEverything that is sold off never benefits the ordinary people of UK, just the shareholders. Look at the utility industries.
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.
Mark Jude, LincolnI think once it’s 100,000 it’s heard in the House of Commons.
Simon Kingston, WolverhamptonWe need rail travel to be cheaper than going by car. That would be true step forward.
Dale Shanley, BristolFirst are extortionate.
Nik Walker, PrestonThe railways should never ever have been privatised in the first place. Such a costly, arrogant political gesture has no place in a modern society.