Judd Harrison, CambridgeI couldn’t agree more with the sentiment of this campaign.
Pal Singh, LondonPlease bring back the old British Rail system.
Gregory Rose, Leighton BuzzardSince the end of BR, private companies have made fair fares difficult to find and profits simple while their responsibilities to customers avoidable or left to the government.
Maureen Farrar, MexboroughPrivatisation of the railway system has done little for the people of this country, except to bring them larger fares, so I say Bring back British Rail.
Chris Carver, LeatherheadThe railways should be restored to a public service, owned by the people, run for the people. Put passengers before profit.
Haldane Isaksen, ThorneRe-nationalise now.
Matthew Dibley, TeignmouthPrivatising the rail has always been a bad thing. High fares and very poor service. Bring back British Rail.
Kevin McClean, LeedsI agree public services should be owned by the public and not by the wealthy minority for profit.
Wallace Traill, BathgateLaissez-faire capitalism – where the taxpayer contributes to shareholder dividends via subsidies. Seems eminently fair to me?
Robert Turnbull, KilmarnockPrivate companies should not be running something as safety-intensive as our railways. Let’s face it, private company owners want to play golf all day.
Alan King, EdinburghFragmentation has wasted money on in-fighting instead of delivering a fully integrated service for business and families.
Patricia O’Donnell, HarrogateWe need a re-unified national railway which is run for the people. We need to get rid of privatisation.
Timothy BaldwinWe need a railway that is publicly owned and internationally integrated so we can get rid of the obstructive security rules for the Channel Tunnel.
Kerry Hindmarch, SheffieldBring back British Rail. People and service over profit.
Heather Morton, GrimsbyHopefully re-nationalisation would help end the enormous discrepancy in fares in different parts of the country.
Mike FriendWe need a railway system that does not suffer from constant interference from transport secretaries who have no knowledge of railways or indeed transport.
Anthony Amor, DovercourtAll utilities, but particularly transport, should be in state ownership, not foreign-controlled multi-nationals.
Dominic Hales, WiganThe standard is embarrassingly low. It is unreliable and over-priced. Prices need to be controlled if we are to encourage a greener mentality. Private profit is unacceptable.
Krien Scarfe, RayleighI just hate the way I subsidise the European state-owned railways through their owning our train operating companies and keeping the profits.
Martha Young, OxfordBritish Rail was privatised because it was said that British tax-payers should not subsidise the railways. We are now subsidising the privately owned companies far more.
Chris Bhamra, SheffieldThe present system is completely unacceptable.
Wendy Hewlett, St Leonard’s-on-SeaIt should never have been privatised. Let’s get it back to how it was – having a national timetable. Bliss.
Neil Salvage, BrightonVital.
Frank Burgin, SheffieldWe used to complain about British Rail, but the expensive privatisation is a dog’s breakfast. Kill it dead and bring back proper public services.
Simon Westfield, BedfordEnd the shambles of multiple operators with different prices.
Corporal Ward, BridgendYou know it makes sense.
Debbie Waldon, BrightonIf we’d subsidised BR the way we subsidise the private companies it would have been the best service in the world.
Melissa Titus, EdinburghPublic transport should be an affordable service available to all. Privatisation has resulted in ridiculous fares and poor quality of service.
Mark Beeby, NorwichThis isn’t competition, it’s theft. I’m a life long Tory voter, but if Labour fix the utilities they’ll have my vote come the next election.
Terry Weldon, BasildonIn spite of the evidence of the East Coast line thriving under public control, the Tories intend to flog it off to their mates.