Ian Hardy, CambridgeSelling British Rail was the worst thing John Major’s government did. Vandalism! The East Coast mainline shows public ownership can work when the right people run it.
Dorothy Joyce Cox, PooleKeep to one company not several in competition.
Marie Mcguirl, Clacton-on-SeaPrivatisation has not improved any of our services and the fares keep increasing. They are all in it for profit and their customers who have to rely on these services are not served well.
Lauren Murray, LondonAnd this goes for the NHS as well.
Tom Halpin, AberystwythThis alleged privatisation has been costing British tax-payers far too much and provided nothing for us. Seize the so-called rail companies’ assets and re-nationalise.
Richard Sinclair, HoylandAs a taxpayer I want that profit directly fed back into rail services and my rail fare.
Grace Keeley, LondonImprove the train service, and make it more affordable prices for workers.
Margaret White, CheltenhamToo expensive and all too crowded.
Hazel Burns, Dunham-on-TrentStop privatisation and serve the people. They pay enough tax.
Steve White, BarnsleyEnd this privatisation madness now.
David Rice, IpswichA national service should be in place which is run efficiently and fairly, where profit is secondary to customer service.
Geoff Proctor, BuryRe-nationalise all our trains, rails, buses, power. Don’t let people get rich from privatising national services.
Sharon Roberts, ColchesterMy father, my granddad, my uncle, my ex-partner all worked on BR. How it has been run and maintained the past few years has been of great concern to me.
Sofia Layton, HeckmondwikeCompetition doesn’t work in our public services. There’s no real choice. Attempting to create choice only creates waste. Profit is also waste. Adopt the East Coast model.
Sean Harvey, Leighton BuzzardI’m fed up paying high ticket prices and often having to stand, fed up travelling on crowded trains, fed up with over-complicated ticket pricing and booking .
Alex LancasterIt’s time to stop subsidising fares in France, Germany, Holland, Japan and others with our franchises and start running a system that works for Britain.
Geoffrey Griffiths, YorkPut back public quality, get rid of private profit from an essential public service.
Mal Kempsell, LiverpoolSNCF in France seems to work well as does DB in Germany. From home to university in Kent I go through five different companies which are never in sync.
Annie Weatherly-Barton, SpaldingBring back British Rail into public ownership. It’s a disgusting rip-off in privatised hands.
Liam Hamilton, CardiffI’m a Master’s student from Newcastle living in Cardiff. Extortionate rail fares mean that I’ve barely been able to see my family over the last four years.
Igor Ryabukhin, LondonIt’s disgraceful that yearly tickets cost more than it costs to run an average car and the trains are late at least 50% of the time.
Brian Adamson, Newcastle-upon-TyneI want it to be kept as British Railways.
Tim Jebbett, Llandrindod WellsI’m no socialist but privatising the railways was Major’s big mistake. It just doesn’t work.
Louis Stephenson, FarehamPrivatisation of the railways created the TOCs (Train operators) and ROSCOs (Train leasing companies) all wanting a share of the subsidies. How can it not cost more?
John Jenkins, YorkEnd the privatisation disaster.
Maddy Whitby, Stow-on-the-WoldI’ve caught the Cotswold Line trains for six years and I cannot recall a time when I could call them consistent or reliable.
Steve Pearson, WalsallA national rail system should be just that, under the nation’s control.
Martin Cummins, EdinburghOnly public service can deliver a service with the public not shareholders in mind.
Susan Forrest, North BerwickI believe in an integrated rail network, run as an entity for the benefit of all, without dividends paid to shareholders.
Joanne Cummins, LondonTravel is a necessity, a public service. No one should expect to make money out of it, and those who do should not be permitted to be in charge of it.