Michael Crook, HucknallProfits at all levels instead of one public service.
Arren Ariel, LondonCarriages packed (except First Class), no seats – costs up. No disabled, OAP, or pram/buggy access – costs up. Cycling discouraged – costs up. No attendants – costs up.
N. Holmes, DurhamPrivatisation is a misuse of public assets. The assets were never yours to sell.
Toby Saunders, FarnboroughMy train fare is too expensive, the service is terrible and I rarely get a seat.
Alan McVitty, Welwyn Garden CityBring back BR now for everyone’s sake.
Helen Ferguson, GlasgowMake fares fair!
Ed Brown, NottinghamPublic transport should always be socially-owned.
Mary Adams, Newcastle-upon-TyneI am sick of being held to ransom by rip-off companies who put up prices and don’t pay proper taxes. Bring back British Rail and give us a service that is ours.
Stephen Calvert, Newcastle-upon-TyneEast Coast mainline has shown the service that’s possible under government funding, but even that success has to be turned into another franchising disaster.
Jayne Fowler, AshfordThe Labour Party have got to back this and make it happen.
Xian Yu Jee, EghamA nationalised railway that is run in the best interests of the public rather than the bulging pockets of the shareholders will benefit more people than the select elite.
Jonathan Dell, YorkBritish Rail branch lines are sorely missed by many.
Andy Longshaw, MacclesfieldNon-discounted fares are now ludicrously high. Another fake privatisation creating a private sector monopoly.
Pete Redwood, YorkEast Coast mainline is the most successful rail company in the past 20 years. Nationalised rail works. Bring back British Rail.
Peter HallWhere is competition? Branson now has the monopoly and can charge whatever he wants to travel by rail.
Dennis Patterson, Newcastle-upon-TyneEast Coast is running profitably so there’s nothing to stop the rest doing the same.
Janette Scrivens, SalisburyThe money wasted on the whole project of privatisation is criminal. It was cheaper under BR to run the trains.
Tiago Miranda, SalfordTravelling by train in the UK is expensive. Some blame the Pound. Others blame the British having better quality of life. I’d say companies are charging more than needed.
Mick Dawber, NottinghamBring back the railways where they belong.
Paul Coombs, SwanseaBring back BR.
A Beckett, BristolRailway investment for the passengers not for the fat cats’ and shareholders’ dividends. People before profit.
J Spikings, LondonI’m tired of a rubbish and expensive service run mainly by non-British owned companies fleecing the public for profit.
Pauline StephensThings have gone too far with this non-integrated railway with money lost to shareholders and individuals which could have been better used.
Lisa Noremberg, ColchesterAbellio Greater Anglia is corrupt and a disgrace. No customer care, just caring for their own profits. Let’s get them out.
Tim ByrneThe promise that privatisation would bring lower prices and a better service is as false with rail as with water, energy and, soon, the postal service.
Tina Harrison, Long EatonBritish Rail should never have been privatised in the first place.
Patricia Thornton, GatesheadI travel quite often on East Coast trains to London. Keep it the way it is now.
Alan Cook, NorwichSo many of us pay so much to line the pockets of so few.
Michael Frank Ricketts, BuntingfordPrivatisation has benefited us by providing the most expensive rail travel in Europe and a ticketing system which defies belief. End this farce now.
Curtis Dance, GooleA return ticket to Hull is now £12 off-peak; it’s really terrible. Goole has been cut off from Hull and Doncaster by rail fares.