Steve Rhodes, DoncasterEven the USA’s train system is a publicly funded one.
Louise Marchal, ThirskBritish Railways should be for service and not for profit. Enable British success on an individual and national level by promoting affordable, efficient railways.
Paul Thomas, CardiffIt’s about time to re-nationalise and invest the profits back into the railways, not the shareholders.
Eddie Rocks, KirkcaldySuch an important part of a nation’s infrastructure should never be in private hands.
Heather O’Hara, BlackpoolTrains for the people.
Michael Benis, HoveSense and responsibility, not politics.
Kane Parsons, RipleyPrivatisation has failed.
Ken Dixon, Harare, ZimbabweDe-privatisation and de-Beeching essential to the nation.
Richard Bowyer, DurhamAll the nonsense of a privatised rail network should be overturned. Does history teach us nothing?
Glen Postle, Toowoomba, AustraliaI first visited UK in 1974 when British Rail were still operating. Any similarities between service and comfort then and now are non-existent.
Matthew Lee, LondonIt’s time to bring back the public service ethos in our railways.
Brian Goodall, Tyne and WearGood luck in your fight to keep the railways in our hands.
KC Mull, BanburyChiltern amended a perfectly good timetable with disastrous results.
Helen Taylor, WakefieldThe only rail service that makes a profit is East Coast trains. That says it all really.
Martin Reeve, Newton AbbotRail travel is only for the well-off and needs to be brought back into public ownership so we can all afford it. It would make the world a safer and cleaner place as well.
Kevin Morrell, PortsmouthThis national disgrace needs to be sorted, as our future depends on it.
Martin Rawson, DerbyEast Coast Mainline proves it can be done. High quality service run for passengers not shareholders’ profit.
Crispin Howell-Jones, RomfordThe effect of privatising the railways has been that we pay vastly more than we need for our tickets and vastly more to subsidise the companies as well.
Phil Hellawell, HuddersfieldI believe that the country is best served by a railway in which all taxpayers are effectively shareholders, rather than taxes being siphoned off by a minority.
Carolyn Eaves, HastingsThomas the Tank Engine would do better. Chris Grayling – for goodness sake, get a grip.
Steven Bartlett, DissWe need to reclaim all that is rightfully ours.
Dan Bain, PerranporthPointless instant gratification policy, shown to be a terrible decision.
Mike Hellyer, LondonWhat does ‘peak time’ even mean? So I have to pay more, but it’s highly likely I might not even get on my train, let alone get a sea. It should be the complete opposite.
Lee Berry, RedruthUnified railway. People before profits.
Jordan Muscott, BristolThe cost of the trains in Britain compared to the rest of Europe is an absolute disgrace. Its obvious that privatisation hasn’t helped the service at all.
Jane Rees, ColchesterI heartily agree that we should bring back British Rail to run the railways for the people and not for private profit.
Lewis Torrington, ChristchurchBecause it is right to do (ex BR employee).
Morwenna Griffiths, EdinburghWe used tax payers’ money to rescue East Coast and now we are giving it away again. What?
Chris Uren, BracknellI used to work for BR at Reading, loved every minute of it then they privatised it and it lost its attraction.
Richard Barraball, BrightonThere should be investment in longer platforms and trains so that each ticket sold also has a seat. Also commuter only trains during rush hours so nobody has to stand.