Allan J Douglas, ForfarPeople before profits and release the congestion on Britain’s roads.
Christopher Quinn, DunstableThe railways should be owned as being part of the country’s infrastructure.
Emma Quinn, LondonThe train lines are currently run like a monopoly so why not re-nationalise them for the nation rather than fat cat businessmen?
Tim Jebbett, Llandrindod WellsI’m no socialist but privatising the railways was Major’s big mistake. It just doesn’t work.
Alf Fisher, PottonOver the years, the government has sold off utility companies as well as British Railways, and, in my opinion, they were not theirs to sell.
Gloria McCargo, LiverpoolBritish Rail was great.
Richard Miller, LondonNo spam please.
Wallace Traill, BathgateLaissez-faire capitalism – where the taxpayer contributes to shareholder dividends via subsidies. Seems eminently fair to me?
Roger Bowerman, LondonThe railways should be for the people and run by the people.
Stephen Elves, FavershamTrains for the many, not profits for the few.
Anne Ackroyd, PeterboroughEast Coast is doing really well. Let’s keep it publicly run and integrate the whole network too.
Alex Kay, LondonWe need a rail service, not unethical profiteering at public expense.
Les Leckie, CheadleFrench railways are nationalised and are generally considered better than ours. Why not ours?
Michael Smith, EnfieldUnite the railways and make it better for customers and staff alike.
Michael Jones, ShrewsburyImagine BR with the amount of funding all these companies get and the only compensation payments were to end users not the paper excuses we have now.
Nicholas Hamp, Milton KeynesThe cost of my daily commute into London is now £5,000 per year before Underground costs. The service is overcrowded and late on most days. It’s not good enough.
Dan Nash, West SussexI travel with Southern daily. If half the money poured into that franchise had been poured into British Rail, it would’ve been a success.
Steve McCarron, WorcesterThe selling of our railway network and its rolling stock was the theft of public property.
Libby Smith, NorwichIt’s ours not yours.
Vikki Abols, LondonRail should be affordable to all, not just a rich person’s transport.
Michael Fuller, HorshamWhat does it take for the government to finally do something about this level of incompetence?
Ryan Pengelly, ExeterWe want British Rail back.
Joe Smith, BrightonPrivatisation has been a train wreck. Get rid of all the greedy, self-serving management of each franchise skimming off millions from above inflation fare rises.
Jacob Colclough, Stoke-on-TrentThere was more efficient running of trains back then and there were proper locomotives.
Timothy Williams, Colwyn BayA rail system that serves the people of Britain – not rips them off.
John Sillitoe, EndonWe already subsidise the rail network heavily so we might as well go the whole hog and own the lot and simplify a chaotic system.
Joseph Redfern, CardiffCritical Infrastructure should be nationalised. Privatisation of rail has failed. Operators do not have the interests of the public at heart.
James Fowler, LondonRe-nationalisation is the only solution to the horror show that is our franchise system.
Tom Stringfellow, PrestonRe-nationalise the railways, buses and long distance road transport. Create an integrated network for freight and passengers to meet the needs of the 21st Century.
Graeme Holland, DerbyEx-driver now overhead line electrification manager.