Geoff Roberts, RickmansworthPrivatisation of strategic national assets is just a funnel from the pockets of users and taxpayers to those of shareholders.
Samuel Moini, Milton KeynesBring the ownership of British Railways into the hands of the people.
Betty Eade, LeedsPrivatisation does not bring automatic success. Look at G4, for example. It usually means increased prices and poorer service.
Nicholas Darsley, LondonThe rail system should be for the benefit of travellers, not for private profit.
Augustin Belza, Great GonerbyPrivatisation of rail services has failed. We have a disjointed expensive system. The East Coast line proves that as a publicly run service the rail system can work.
Jacqui Lovell, Stockton-on-TeesI completely agree with this campaign. We should never have privatised what was originally a public service, as European companies are profiting instead of us.
Nicola Mortimer-Stokes, CheltenhamRailways and all essential services need to be run as public services which are much, much more trusted than big business. We have bad banks, and profiteering water companies too.
Glenis Singleton, NottinghamWe need public service and amenities to be owned by the public The rich are taking the country’s spoils and leaving the rest of us with the scraps and having to pay for it.
Niall McCrohan, LondonIt disgusts me to see that passengers across the country pay so much more for a service which is so much worse than other, state-owned European providers.
Andrew Lombardi, EastleighPlease stop rail profits from going to non UK corporations and being used to subsidise non UK rail fares and investment in others’ infrastructure.
Julie Wilkinson, StockportFor the sake for of the environment, and because the railways should be a service not a money machine.
Susannah Hervey, BillericayService needs to come before private profit.
Huw Spanner, HarrowBritain deserves a top-class, publicly-owned railway like France.
Sarah Linton, RochesterIf it ain’t broke don’t mend it.
James Saupin, BournemouthNationalise it.
Valerie Castle, WorcesterI do not drive and have always travelled by train. I love train travel and believe in it and public transport. Bring prices down for better use.
Tricia Davies, ThatchamWe are paying for it, but not owning it. A transport system should not be about profit, only service. It should be state-run.
Anthony Cohn, LeedsEast Coast shows that nationalisation can work. I have used trains in many countries and our chaotic, privatised, piecemeal, non-integrated system is one of the worst.
Christopher Ryder, LondonIt’s not socialism, it is just sense.
Rich Lane, Great MalvernA return to the status quo through re-nationalisation is the only way to bring this country back to good socio-economic health.
Alan Britcher, SandyThe East Coast Main Line is running well under state ownership. Henry Ford said “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”
Marianne Bennett, MilnthorpeThe nuclear industry is in public ownership and we pay over and over. The railway system should be in public ownership.
Christina Shaw, LeedsI’d so like to see fares come down and more room on trains, as they are the most economical on the environment.
Alexia Wright, EssexHear hear.
Richard Brierley, DerbyPrices for train travel have soared through the roof and passengers are penalised financially if they travel at certain times.
Denis Howe, LondonPassengers before profits.
Joe Rus, TrowbridgePlease bring back a decent, nationalised rail service that is accountable to its customers and not to shareholders and profiteering executives.
Anita Mannion, St AlbansI absolutely agree we should re-nationalise our railways.
Barney Platts-Mills, AndoverTransport should sensibly be a public service.
John Walker, BristolThe last two decades have been a very expensive farce. It’s been tried, it’s failed. I’m tired of subsidising the private shareholders with my taxes.