Graeme Booth, OrpingtonWe must re-nationalise rail – at the moment it is just a charity for the rich.
Adam Marshall, BoltonEnd the rip-off now.
Dave Robinson, Colwall, HerefordshireBR should never have been privatised! This was an error by stupid, greedy, ill informed tory politicians.
Albert Welch, Houghton-le-SpringJust one of the many privatisations of public services undertaken during the Thatcher regime, all of which have been a total disaster for working families and communities.
Ann B Bell, LissPlease re-unify national rail network and run it for the nation, not for private profit.
Sakinadesilva De Silva, WatfordWe’re travelling like cattle. It is not free either. Give the hard-working passengers some dignity.
Mike Welsby, WiganAll public transport should be publicly-run, with profits invested straight back into services and not to line the wallets of foreign companies.
Graham Coult, LondonI agree that we need a unified national (and international) railway run to serve the people for the good of the nation, not a fragmented over-complex for-profit system.
Graham Levins, CrawleyBring back British Rail – Yes Please. It should never have been sold off in the first place.
Catriona Grindley, Roy BridgePublic transport should belong to the public.
Robin Willis, HastingsI remember the service side, like restaurant cars, being so prevalent. Has competition really improved things?
Reece Caldwell, FulhamThere is no competition here. I can’t choose a different train service. Privatisation is pointless within a monopoly. The service provided by Southern is terrible.
Anna Coles, CanterburyIt makes good economic and ecological sense to re-nationalise the railways.
Harry Facey, FlamboroughTransport madness by the loony right-wing government.
Graham Lamont, EdinburghPrivatisation has failed abysmally. It has been a complete failure. There is a groundswell of opinion in favour of re-nationalising. Now is the time.
Ray Freeman, BradfordThis country is too small and we must have British Rail.
Vic Brunt, BiggleswadeIs has not worked. Bring back a publicly owned, publicly controlled, unified national railway system now.
Lorne Elliott, DurhamEast Coast trains are a great example.
Scott Stevens, CullomptonI want a rail service that is for its passengers and not one that doesn’t care if their service is poor.
Clive Miller, Rochester£5000 for an annual high speed season ticket, and I have to stand all the way!
Paul Collins, BristolTickets are ludicrously over-priced. So many people use their cars instead of travelling by train because it’s so expensive.
Sue Townsend, ShrewsburyIt’s the obvious thing to do.
Dave Audin, BarnsleyThese greedy rail companies are squeezing everything they can out of the public whilst putting nothing in to make it better and are killing our railways. Bring Back British Rail.
John Raven, EdinburghPrivatisation was driven by WTO in the first place, not for the public good. Rail privatisation was the worst of all. Crazy prosecutions for having wrong tickets.
Stephanie Baxter, TottenhamI travel up and down to Kent a lot. British Rail was better.
Sandra Hanna, SelbyWasted money on private franchises – not good value for the general public.
Brian Darvelll, BeverleyIt’s been proved they can make money when run by government just like East Coast Trains is. They are being subsidised to the hilt and where is the money going?
Carol Newmarch, MiddlesbroughThe railways were invented here. We should be able to take pride in an excellent system that puts people first and is economical too.
Daniel Sargent, Newcastle-upon-TyneRailways must be nationalised. They should never have been privatised. It’s a service not a business.
Mal Kempsell, LiverpoolSNCF in France seems to work well as does DB in Germany. From home to university in Kent I go through five different companies which are never in sync.