Alan Bond, WatchetRailway privatisation is proof of the saying ‘bullshit baffles brains’. Lies and propaganda from the railway industry crooks are not acceptable any more.
Irene Lovell, RomfordRailways run as a public service, not as a money making operation . Profit should be ploughed back into operation to continually improve service.
Eileen Johnson, YorkLet’s stop this insanity and vanity and get real.
Kevin Russell, BradfordIncreased passenger numbers on the nationally-owned East Coast have proved that we can make a profit with a fully-integrated, nationalised railway system.
Peter Harvey, BingleyAs a lifelong railway traveller and current user of the East Coast mainline, I am fully supportive of public ownership of the railways.
Tahir Amin, ManchesterBring back British Rail.
Debbie Stephenson, SouthportWe need to remove road traffic and the return to rail is not helped by greedy private ownership. We must have a re-unified rail network. This is not rocket science.
Kevin O’Hanrahan, LondonNationalise the means of production, distribution and exchange.
Robert Steel, CambridgeAll vital infrastructure and utilities should be nationally owned.
John Greig, EdinburghNationalise the rail network.
Stephen Dixon, HebburnA key strategic resource that needs government ownership and control with a not-for-profit ethos.
Bill Moss, LondonAs an ex BR employee I am very aware of how standards of customer service have declined to near extinction in the past 30 years.
Philip Corbould, RugbyI do not drive, I use public transport all the time. It most definitely should be run not-for-profit. It’s a service, not a money-grabbing opportunity, or at least it should be.
Daniel Williamson, FifeI was born in 1999 so I never knew what the railway was like before privatisation, but it was probably better than it is now.
Andrew O’Connor, StockportBring back British Rail to save jobs.
Anne Atkins, BedfordPrivatisation has been a nightmare. No one is accountable and it is always another company’s fault. The idea was always flawed.
Norman Partington, WarringtonLet’s take back our railways out of the hands of the French and German governments and Branson of the Virgin Islands.
Gerald Guthrie, GlasgowThe private companies are bidding too much for franchises and trying to balance the books by job cuts.
Karen Murdarasi, GlasgowThe only thing that has improved since privatisation is the food – and then only on some trains.
Shirley Jones, NorthamptonIt’s inescapable logic.
John Sadgrove, BristolI love trains, but I hate what has become of our rail network. It’s called public transport. The clue is in the name…
Robin Squelch, StockportTime for separate rail networks to re-unite under one flag.
Cyril Carroll, RuncornIt can’t happen soon enough.
Jimmy McGurk, LivingstonI can remember when British Rail ran things and there were cancellations and late arrivals, but privatisation ruined the service to all but the folk who made a killing from it.
Herrat Heinrich, BristolStop selling the family silver. We are moving down the evolutionary ladder again, ruled over by the insane. What isn’t good for everyone should not even be considered.
Peter Stratton, CardiffNothing owned by the state should be allowed to be sold off unless a general referendum is held for each of the sales.
Ian Cook, ManchesterLet’s go forwards not backwards. It worked for us when BR was running from the 50s to the late 80s.
Akshat Khare, LondonBritish Railwas truly the golden age of railways. Make railways accountable to the taxpayer, not the shareholder.
Liam Maloney, BoltonLet’s just admit it was a mistake and sort out the mess we’re in.
Jonathan Ash, St AlbansRe-nationalisation is the right step for all possible reasons.