Patricia Saunders, BarnsleyPrivatises utilities such as the rail network. Operators are massively subsidised by the taxpayer. The benefits should be given to the travelling public, not shareholders.
Nick Alexander, NewarkOver-priced, inefficient private providers have no concern for the fare-payers, only profit for them and their shareholders. East Coast line proves that public is best.
Trevor Barham, LondonI’m old enough to remember when it was that way and better. We need a service to serve us.
Andrew Hampshire, LeedsI welcome this action.
Georgina Watson, CroydonIt’s time to restart investing in a necessary public transport infrastructure that isn’t led by profits and shareholders.
Kevin Reynolds, BrightonThe current state of affairs is ridiculous!
Paul Craft, New RomneyStop selling off our national assets for a quick pound to balance the books. Bring back British Rail.
Paul Rowan, LondonWe are paying more in subsidies to the private companies than we were under the old British Rail. This makes no sense as privatisation was supposed to stop subsidies.
Josh Kerry, LondonIt’s despicable that the train operating companies collect fat profits from driving the prices up on an essential public service.
James Craig-Gray, LondonPrivate companies succeed by putting profits first. That’s what capitalism is all about. Nationalised companies can put the public benefit first.
Brian White, BedfordAs far as I’m concerned all the privatisations made in the 90s have been a disaster. As we all know deep down, profits always come before people.
Rod Mathews, Richmond, North YorkshireIt should never have been privatised and we should be opening up the routes Beeching in his shortsightedness shut.
William Eldred, PeterboroughIt makes sense.
Jonathan Gulliford, Merthyr TydfilThe railways belonged to us before they were sold off. Re-nationalise British Rail and use any profits to re-invest in the infrastructure, not line the pockets of the rich.
Louise Ashby, BristolPlease bring it back for fair fares.
Mick Barry, BrightlingseaEast Coast sell off is a disgrace. We need more public ownership, not less ideologically driven profiteering.
Robin Carmichael, LeedsSurely it is common sense for some of our transport system to be publicly owned.
Mark Shaw, TwyfordThings have got worse since the government privatised BR. Now it’s more about profit than punctuality and safety.
William Hunter, HartlepoolPrivatisation has not worked. It is only the Conservative ideology behind this matter.
Julian Wagstaff, EdinburghRail privatisation was madness in 1993 and remains madness in 2013. A massive public subsidy of private profit. Re-nationalisation is not just sensible, it is essential.
Ken Stott, WolverhamptonRailways are a national asset which belongs to all of us.
Mick Piggott, Hebden BridgeThis, to me, is the crucial policy area, a lynch-pin. The only major party calling for re-nationalisation is the Greens. I will vote for them in the next election.
Delwyn Davies, AbertilleryTransport is a public asset, and should be owned by the public. The banks next.
Brian Stephens, SunderlandTax payers paid for British Rail and they have a say in what to do with BR, not money grabbing MPs.
Daniel Miller, LondonPrivatised rail still relies upon public money as well as fares, so only the profit has been privatised, not the cost.
Liam Hawksworth, LeedsNationalise, strike, organise.
Sam Horton, BarnsleySolidarity.
Nicola Graham, BrightonTrains have always been my preferred means of travel but since privatisation have become too expensive.
Kris Deedigan, LondonRail travel in this country is so expensive it’s disgusting. We are an embarrassment to the rest of Europe.
Julie Woodley, HorshamWithout someone to answer to, privatised companies can walk all over the British public, providing far less for more. It’s time to stop this ludicrous demise of our railway.