Steve Roach, WorcesterHow hard is it to book a bike onto a train? Bring back ‘guard carriages’.
John Weeks, RushdenIt wasn’t broke and now BR needs to be re-nationalised.
Jack Heywood, HarrogateOur rail services are an embarrassment when compared to those of our fellow European nations. We owe it to ourselves to sort it out.
John Perkins, LondonTake it out of the hands of profiteers.
Richard Scott, ChesterThis looks like a wonderful idea.
Andy Walker, BrightonStop paying profits to companies and invest them back in the railways.
Mark Johnson, CambridgePrivatisation is theft.
William Boyle, GlasgowSave the country a fortune, do it now.
Edward Shaw, HuddersfieldWhy are the German, French and Dutch state railways allowed to run our railways, yet our own Direct Rail (BR) state railway cannot. It’s crazy.
Mike Machin, SouthamptonPassenger train operation should be for the benefit of travellers – not shareholders. And a unified InterCity could offer seamless integrated long-distance services again.
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.
Jude Churchman, HastingsToo many cars and too little trustworthy public transport. Shame on Britain.
Kay Coombes, MalvernThe privatisation of the rail system was disgraceful on so many levels and continues to be a mega-expensive shambles.
Jonathan Elliott, WhitstableThe public are filling the pockets of rich shareholders and the CEOs of the private companies involved plus paying three times the amount BR got in funding from the public.
Thomas Dunn, YorkPlease put rail users’ needs before greedy shareholders’ demands for profit. Other countries do.
Peter Manuel, StornowayEast Coast was a excellent service. Why let Virgin take it over? ScotRail is a disaster – dirty, unpunctual trains.
Kevin Morrell, PortsmouthThis national disgrace needs to be sorted, as our future depends on it.
Jack Theaker, FleetAs a musician that makes a small bit of extra pocket money on the side through busking in London I have been restricted by excessive and unreliable train fares.
Paul Houldsworth, YorkPrivate it’s theirs Public it’s ours.
Nick Chincotta, EastbournePlease bring it back as service sucks on a daily basis.
Robert Chinnery, GraysBring back British Rail and stop the rip-off of the extremely high fares we are forced to pay.
M Newman, EdinburghRight now we the British public are wasting millions of pounds each year on a joke of a so-called not-for-profit rail network so that companies can profit from the people.
Borja Manso, SuttonAll those companies are making profits, not giving a service. Squeeze the users, squeeze the workers, don’t invest, get millions on profits, ruin the service.
David Burn, YorkOf course we should bring back British Rail. It’s common sense.
Peter Farrell, Tunbridge WellsThey’re not just privatising everything they can get their hands on. They’re closing all former nationalised industries. A socialist programme of action is the only answer.
Jamie Hammond, ChelmsfordEnd this shambles of privatisation now.
Graham Elder, GillinghamLet’s put an end to fat profits for Southeastern Trains and a thin service for passengers.
George McCart, CheltenhamPrivatisation is nothing more than a licence to spend taxpayers’ money on greedy shareholders.
Graham Armfield, WokingThe fact that the East Coast Mainline can run well at less of a cost to taxpayers shows how rail privatisation is conning us all.
Andrea Fry, HuddersfieldThe sooner the rail service is out of the hands of greedy shareholders, the better.