Gillian Statham, SalisburyUnder the present system, the taxpayers and commuters pay all the expenses, while private companies reap the profits.
Michael Jordan, ManchesterWhy should we the people be paying 5 times more tax to subsidise these foreign companies that are charging us the highest ticket prices in Europe! Bring back BR!
John Gardner, StevenageLet’s own what we pay for and use.
Joe Cruise, ChesterfieldSave us from these money-hungry men.
Robin Lowther, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation has been an unmitigated disaster. Re-nationalise the railway system now.
Jack Sayers Shaw, BournemouthThe railway is a public method of transport, fascination and convenience. I believe private companies should have no say in how our railways are run.
Joe Sims, BristolTheir profligate greed is bringing this country to a standstill. A service should be just that and all profits made should be driven back into making services better.
Glenn Richards, Wotton-under-EdgeThe HST (125) had a perfect safety record under BR. Within a few years of privatisation, profit before safety, there were two crashes in London with massive fatalities.
Brian Young, DurhamBring it back to the people.
Geoffrey Gwaspari, BarnstapleThe time is now. End this madness.
Sam Wahnon, ManchesterIt costs almost £150 to get from Manchester to see family in Devon. It’s cheaper to fly to Paris. What a joke.
Stephen Miller, BirminghamWhy should our transport systems be owned by foreign states and not our own?
Noz Mcneil, DerbyCheap trains for all
David Rundle, CroydonBritish Rail was an organisation that provided satisfaction by trains running on time, clean and always providing service with a smile on the faces of staff.
Paul Irving, NorthamptonI think it’s the only way we can ensure a world class, safe, national rail service.
Chirag Batavia, LondonRail travel should be affordable for ordinary people. No more over-inflation price hikes.
Graham Ross, BoltonThis needs to happen to stop these companies bleeding money from the railways.
Leslie Anderson, LeedsThe only ethical way to run any public transport system is for the public’s benefit and not shareholders’.
David Stride, FarehamRail for the community and country and not for private profit.
Yvonne Maule, LondonHow does it make economic sense to privatise an asset in order to save money when it has in fact resulted in triple the cost to run it.
Rev Padma Sumananda, BournemouthIf you remember British Rail, this is a complete no-brainer – a system that worked and did not give inflated profits to incompetent private companies.
Jason Kalidas, LondonI am more than sick of this madly priced rail system. I travel in Europe by train often and the fares are reasonable.
Rachel Parsons, LeicesterPeople not profit.
Shahin Sharabyani, LondonRail transport is too important to leave to penny-pinching private companies. If it wasn’t, why are we spending so much taxpayer money on HS2?
Richard Green, Newton AbbotCurrently there is no competition. I cannot choose which company I use to provide my rail service, so how has privatisation improved customer service?
Mike Domingue, HexhamIt would be great to also see improvements to rolling stock used on regional services like here on the Carlisle to Newcastle line.
Patrick Baker, DerbyThe current railway system is a laughing stock.
Rod Rippin, CambridgeLet’s have a simpler, cheaper rail system. It’s past the time when the Beeching idiocies should be reversed. However, BR Mk2 needs to care about us much more than Mk1.
Damian Toal, BrightonI’m sick to death of funding shareholders’ lifestyle over service.
Michael Baker, CardiffThe sooner the better.