Should the national railway be privatised?

Private is fine but it should be owned by British firms as it stands we're mostly owned by the German railway and where do you think our moneys going it's ridiculous

No, but the nationalised railways should be able to generate revenue from other sources. E.g. property development nearby stations and selling rights to run cabling along rail routes

Yes, the current privately owned sections run better than they did, the issue is the infrastructure that is still owned by the government

No, but harsh penalties must be in place and higher compenation paid to consumers when trains are cancelled due to failed service, repairs and/or strikes

Thought it was? Needs to be national, accountable, democratic and all the things British Rail wasn't

Yes, as I think things will be done much more efficiently and will therefore help the economy but the government should put price caps on tickets

Yes but have more scrutiny/ powers to change contracts from the government if the operators are failing to run effectively

Yes but only if companies agree to fair competition practices that benefit the public similar to costs seen in Europe

Yes so that people are not financially taken advantage of. No because the gov can be extremely slow with updating services and maintenance

Have the government organised and competent enough to have a department to operate trains and tracks.

Privatisation or nationalisation will not make a difference. It's all about investment, Private companies will try to avoid eating into their profits if not properly regulated and a nationalised system falls foul of governmental budgetary shortfall.

Yes but if they regularly cancel trains, run late or have exorbitant prices then they should be run by the state immediately with no compensation to the private owners.

Privatise the trains but not the tracks

Yes but public made free by government

not really for or against

Yes, as long as doing so would reduce overall costs to customers. Guarantee's would need to be given.

Abolish all subsidies.

Either all private or all public

No, should be a free mode of transport for those who can afford it

Manage it better

No, but allow more local control

Yes, but with more competition in order to increase service levels

Yes but with fare control

No, privatisation has failed.

No as the cost would rise

Yes, but allow regulations exorbitant prices

NO, but allow for private companies to compete on government owned track.

Train spotters should killed

No. There should be greater government control of trains and fare prices etc.

Indifferent - will be bad either way

Privatise only main lines where there is no monopoly. Run the rest like a state enterprise.

No but limit the outrageous profits the private companies make and mandate them to reinvest in the railways and penalise them financially for poor service.

Have state control of the tracks but allow private operators

Yes but keep as one company managed with strict regulations

I think we should find a different answer for this. We should have normal, hygienic trains anyway but we shouldn't have to pay a lot of money for it because they don't actually have that money.

Privatise but only allow a percentage of profit ie 10%

Co-operation of govt and private sector

No, combination of government and private

Yes, but allow competition so that no line is monopolised.

Private regulated companies on government controlled track

The national railway needs transforming and updating. I would back either stance if this was achieved. A fast and up to date system would reduce the strain on the road network and reduce emissions.

Irrelevant as long as it’s properly funded

No opiniom

Japanese system