Geoffrey Bottoms, SheffieldPeople before profits.
Mike Fitzgerald, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe lunacy has to stop. When will the public realise that privatisation means finance/investment is being taken out of the system into shareholders’ pockets?
Nigel Hayes, KetteringPeople before profits.
Julia Hector, StirlingI would like to be able to use the railways like I used to, where my (reasonable) fare goes towards the railways not for some profiteering company.
Steve Lewzey, EdenbridgeThe railways should be run for the good of the user not for private profit
Joel A Forster Jones, BournemouthThe railways are an essential service for all, not a source of private profit.
Simon Norton, CambridgeEven more important is to protect and improve our bus services, which are being directly attacked by the government, especially in rural areas.
Jack Wrigley, StockportA national rail service should be part of a national integrated transport network including buses and trams.
Susan Christie, YorkWhatever the problems of a past British Rail – it had better potential than privatisation. The current situation is senseless.
Ann Beal, HolmfirthWe must change the government.
James Johnson, DoverPublic ownership is the only way forward. If it is not clear now, it never will be. The industry should never have been privatised.
Terence Sythes, Milton KeynesPrivatisation seems to be the default position of Tory policy. The services are never better run, but at least the select few can benefit.
Ann Lovell, SwindonPut safety and people first, not profit.
Tasneem Ali, EdinburghThe aim of the train system should be to make life easier for the public, not to make profit. Bring back British Rail..
Patricia Wormald, SheffordOur rail network should not be a profit-motivated organisation.
Steve McCarthy, St AlbansThe railways should be run for the benefit of everyone, not just for a few shareholders. The huge tax-payer subsidies are going straight into their pockets. It’s a rip-off.
N P Bradley, DevonBritish Rail was cheaper.
Andrew Dominic Higgins, LiverpoolRailway infrastructure should be a national asset, not a private one.
Tom Lovelock, LondonAs soon as possible.
David Buckle, Cornhill-on-TweedRe-nationalise the railways.
Janice Cooke, BeckenhamA re-unified railway service will allow joined-up thinking and provision. It will not need to make huge profits while receiving state subsidies and will run for our benefit.
Craig Lydiate, ManchesterI cannot see any other way to make this work.
Royston Maldoom, LondonThe worst privatisation experiment ever. We also need to re-open closed lines.
Lynda Lorenzo, Sutton-on-SeaA long-time commuter in my youth, now living where there is no rail service – but strongly believe rail network should all be in public ownership.
Sally Battley, LondonBrighter futures.
Jane Herbert, ChelmsfordIt should never have been privatised. We need transport that is cheap and reliable so that people can be less reliant on their cars.
Stephen White, ShepshedA rail service has to be fully integrated, and it can’t be while there’s competition. Re-nationalise.
Gilbert Fisher, KilmarnockThey should never have been privatised in the first place, as this is a true public monopoly.
Connor Gray, FarehamThe idea of running a key transport service for profit with no real competition has seen prices rise and no improvement in service. This is pricing out many people.