Courtney Williams, AngleseyI travel on a bus for two to three hours extra to go to university and back as the trains are too expensive. It saves me about £26 per week.
Sue Townsend, ShrewsburyIt’s the obvious thing to do.
Carole Green, YorkEast Coast is an example of how much better it is not to have the railway privatised. The further advantage there used to be of one unified system would be welcome.
Ian Greenhalgh, EdinburghI’m speechless with anger.
Sonia Heaven, SouthamptonRail transport is a natural monopoly too important to be left to competing short-term franchises.
Sean DurneyEnd rewarding shareholder profits for high price tickets and cost driven, unreliable services. Invest in the railways and get cars and trucks off the roads.
Richard Stephenson Winter, MorpethI am increasingly of the opinion that natural monopolies should be in public ownership.
Matt Mitchell, ExminsterPrivatisation has failed miserably.
Thomas, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe East Coast Mainline service improved after the Department of Transport took over with the LNER brand. It made me realise how crap Virgin was.
Richard Gillett, SheffieldAll national infrastructure and any business too big to fail must be owned by the nation and run for the benefit of its citizens.
Edwin Beecroft, LyndhurstI’m fed up with private companies trying to run this country like a private company.
Andrew Britt, BeckenhamClearly we are one of the few countries running a train network in this manner. The experiment hasn’t worked.
Alan Crowther, StockportThe days of Joe Public paying through the nose to sustain the luxurious lifestyles of the greedy capitalist class must come to an end.
Roderick Neil Bruce, Fort WilliamAll public transport should be state-owned.
David Calvert, SkegnessPrivatisation has been a disaster from the start. It was never the Government’s to sell in the first place. We the taxpayers owned it, not the politicians.
Juliette Burton, EdinburghI travel on the trains a lot. I spend as much on rent as I do on trains per month. Why do we spend so much for a greener way to travel? Look at Europe’s train prices.
Stuart Hopkins, TorquayAs long as BR learnt from the mistakes of the past I absolutely agree that the rail system should be in public ownership. More joined-up and with cheaper fares.
Simon Groom, LutonThe current service Luton to London is appalling. It needs to be re-nationalised and run for the benefit of the travelling public and not shareholders.
Jaqueline Silva, Haywards HeathUnaffordable poor service! I can just about afford going to work. Stop punishing the workers. We pay for everything!
Mary Hughes, PortsmouthAll going the way of all previously nationalised industries, into the hands and pockets of the richest people on the planet.
Robert Ferguson, WakefieldWhy stop at British Rail? Why not bring back the CEGB? Have you looked at your electricity bills of late and they have the brass neck to tell us the lights are failing.
Duncan Gold, BirminghamRail privatisation is a disgrace, has been and continues to be. It’s a scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money.
Gerry Norvill, LowestoftBring back British Rail to make fares fairer.
Paul Worsnop, NottinghamI am sick of being ripped off by greedy companies whose only purpose is to maximise profits.
Pablo Rees, SwanseaOne operator would make it easier when you require assistance. Wheelchair spaces vary in size on different operators.
Marie Brooke, DoncasterInstead of paying out tons of money to big companies and paying lawyers to check contracts, put it all into one British Rail.
Anne Pender, Newcastle-upon-TyneWhy change when it was flourishing?
Lorentz Bloom, LeedsRather than making the service more expensive and worse, make service better and cheaper. The only agenda of the company should be cheap and fair travel.
George O’Mahoney, St Leonards-on-SeaIt’s the intelligent and rational thing to do.
James Harris, BirminghamSave us money, save us time.