David Solomons, SaleThe privatisation was a mistake in the first place. Railways are for people, not investors.
Dhruv Parapurath, LondonBring it back!
Brian Hawkins, EastwoodKeep up the good work. Let’s have a railway to be proud of.
David Knibb Ba, WarringtonI feel that all major transport in the UK should be publicly owned, especially when the private owners have proved so incompetent.
Veronica Haines, LlanelliThe network should be rationalised and expanded.
Ashley Mack, TorbayBring back British control.
Alan Hopkins, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe privatisation was only conceived with one aim – profit for the few. Any fool could see that chopping the network into little bits would seriously undermine its efficiency.
Brian Holmes, WalsallLet’s have a proper rail service for the country to be proud of once again, instead of people rammed in carriages like cattle.
Kevin Davies, HatfieldLet common sense prevail.
Ben Chivers, BristolIt makes the most sense for the railways to be run by one organisation, however, the less involvement by the government the better. They just mess it up.
Mona Johnson, StockportWe need to adhere to the European standard. We subsidise it in any case. In France, Belgium etc. there are clean fast trains that run on time.
Andi Fox, DoncasterWe need a joined-up service and joined-up thinking.
Sandra Brierley, ManchesterWe need to stop giving money to the private sector. They are rich enough.
Antony Milek, MirfieldRe-nationalisation of the rail companies will bring fares down and allow more to commute happily. It’s greater for the 99% paying into the nation than to a set of businessmen.
Susan Giles, TynemouthGive us back our rail system.
Charlotte Godley, SheffieldAs a student living away from home I gave up on the train due to its general shockingly bad service for distances longer than a few hours. For trains the only way is up.
James Orr, CambridgePrivate means worse usually.
Gregor Lahounik, Wien, AustriaI’d rather pay in the non-liberalised Austrian market for 80 km £ 1,492/anno (incl. the completely public transport in the Megacity of Vienna). Good Luck for your campaign!
Sue Griffiths, Newcastle-upon-TyneOur internal transport system, our water, our energy supply, and services for children and vulnerable adults should not be run by corporations to make vast profits.
Lawrence Green, LewesPrivatisation was a travesty.
Ivor Wilson, WareStop ripping us off.
Marek Kazmierski, LondonOnly the corporations that own the railways can now afford to buy their staff tickets to commute to work on the railways. Do please give us our railways back.
Jeremy Hoyte, OswestryCommon good, common sense.
Bernard Carney, LeedsNetwork Rail manager pay is just sickening.
Peter Little, DurhamVirtually all privatised rail profits have gone to shareholders. Very little re-investment. Such as it has been, it is the British taxpayer who supplied it.
Mary Clowes, KilmarnockA rail service can’t be the best if it has to consider profits for shareholders.
Terence Ward, WickfordThis issue is the reason why I have no time for people who vote for right wing political parties.
Andrew Hardman, ChesterfieldThe breaking up of British Rail has been bad for the country, bad for communities and terrible for the travelling public. Bring back British Rail.
Paul Harrop, HullPrivatised railways put profit before passengers. The result is unreliable, expensive services which are less safe. Public ownership is the only cure for this disaster.
Ann Welton, OrpingtonBritish Rail always provided a good service. If you got a job with them it was for life.