Peter Allerhand, MonmouthPrivatisation is a poor way to treat the general public whose ownership of nationalised industries has been devastated by corporate greed and petty politics.
Hans Fried, LondonLet the people own the service industries, rather than allowing businessmen to take the profits.
Charles Burgess, Eastbourne?..Jeremy Corbyn.
Peter Wiltsher, Stratford-upon-AvonI think the public not-for-profit company which ran the East Coast line should have been allowed to bid when the contract came up for renewal.
M Atkins, ChichesterSouthern Rail is a disgrace, negatively impacting the economy, businesses and peoples health and lives.
Ruth Chamberlain, ThirskThe system is confusing and fragmented and expensive. Let us have a rail system that the UK can be proud of.
Andy Charles, DursleyProfits for services, not for shareholders.
Buckie Bhoy, DumbartonI use the train all the time and some of the fairs are unreal for long journeys. It costs me just over £20 for a return to Edinburgh from Dumbarton.
Chris Lindon, SheffieldOur train services are appalling, woefully inadequate, always late, expensive and only increasing in cost year upon year. Trains are a necessity and should be re-nationalised.
Elliot Ellison, BristolI’d happily pay more tax for a smoother, cheaper, nicer, national railway system.
Christine Gooddy, BoltonI’ve noticed changes already. Where was our referendum on this?
Margaret Healey-Pollett, BirminghamRe-nationalise, and then re-extend. We don’t just need to reverse the sell-off, but also Beeching’s cuts.
Robert Montague, Langley MillMajor gave our railways away, so how about having it given back to us on the same basis. In fact the people of Britain did not consent in the first place.
Tom Tyler, KentThe system we have at the moment is not working and is not very good!
Ian Clark, AylesburyIt should never have been sold off in the first place, Give it back to the people.
Ray Durie, LiverpoolThe public should not pay fares until trains are from this century and they have adequate space for the relevant number of passengers at the right time of day.
Denis Rice, NottinghamWe need less fragmentation of services. East Coast line shows again what public ownership achieves for the benefit of all.
Gareth Griffiths, ChesterfieldLet’s stop this vile and obscene mess, with pockets being lined, noses in troughs, madmen in charge. Enough’s enough.
Jon Camden, RedhillRail privatisation has been a disaster – the sell-off itself was a complete rip-off and we’ve been ripped off ever since. Huge subsidies, hugely expensive, worse service.
Kevin Proctor, ErithI want to see one rail network for the whole of the UK.
Bryan Thomas, BristolPrivatisation was always a ridiculous idea and we need a transport network that is cheap, reliable and not dictated by the blinkered profit motive of rich investors.
Koto Senyo, LondonBring back British Rail.
Ulla Vangsgaard, WakefieldReliable, affordable public transport would help save fossil fuels, reduce greenhouse emissions and population stress, and make Great Britain a healthier, happier place.
Susi Harris, Hebden BridgeI commute to work on trains three days a week. The carriages are too short and trains regularly cancelled. Surely we can do better.
Zaic Holbrook, EdinburghPrivatised rail has only made travel more expensive for both the government and for travellers and we still lag behind the rest of Europe in performance.
P.J. Wilkins, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation of British Railways should never have come to pass in the first place.
Bill Breakell, North YorkshirePrivatisation is not serving the needs of the nation, passengers, the economy nor the environment. We need to put our heads together and create a ‘new’ British Railways.
James Delaney, BrightonPlease fix the broken and disjointed rail mess that has stemmed from the privatisation in the 90’s.
Susan Tracy, ManchesterRip off Britain – from the railways to the NHS. Everyone should emigrate.
John Castle, ExeterHaving been an employee of BR then contractor and now Network Rail for 40 plus years, I say bring back BR.