Sydney Hobson, LeedsI want all utilities back in public ownership and without giving any compensation.
Steve Burns, BrightonCut carbon emissions and subsidise rail travel now.
James Lewis, BarnsleyI am sick of these massive corporations who charge a fortune and can’t even provide a half decent service.
Lewis Gregory, ChelmsfordNationalise.
Mary Theodorou, ManchesterI used to complain about BR, but now want them back.
Janet Mobbs, StockportThe railways are too important to our economy to be run on market forces. They should be there to deliver a service, not to make private profit.
Mark Murphy, LondonIt’s time to admit that rail privatisation is fundamentally flawed.
Christopher Gale, NottinghamNationalise our railways. Any profit should benefit its users, not go into pockets of shareholders.
Michael Cartwright, LincolnWhy is the public purse subsidising private companies?
Barb Sheppard, WindermereI am really fed up about the sky-rocketing price of train tickets brought about by the “free market” model. My family are scattered and can rarely afford to get together.
Callum Hancock, StranraerI want to see the railways act like a service for passengers instead of a business for customers.
Joel A Forster Jones, BournemouthThe railways are an essential service for all, not a source of private profit.
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.
Helen Dodd, EssexI would like to see our trains brought back into public ownership. Most of our franchisees are state operated – by other countries!
Paul Brookes, WalsallNot for profit.
Susan Power, BrightonAlso, please bring back the T-shirt. It’s a good way of generating comment and raising awareness. Thanks.
Cyril Fitzgerald, PontypoolThe UK tax payer has subsidised rail companies by £102.68billion since 1985, together with rail fare increases of up to 300% since 2004. It’s a disgrace.
Philip Hubbard, SouthamptonSouthwestern Trains are the bane of my life.
Gary Donaldson, Southend-on-SeaOnce the greatest rail network in the world, twice destroyed by the Tories and now run for private profit paid for by your taxes.
Helena Jaeschke, BarnstapleI frequently travel on trains in the Southwest, including the Tarka line. Much needed, much used, but poorly run by FGW.
Jo Bain, LondonUnified service, run for the customers rather than profiteering boardmen, able to invest in the tracks and trains.
Ian Stainthorp, LeylandRe-nationalise. The current service is by no means reflected by the price we pay.
Adrian Beldon, HuddersfieldIt’s been a farce since it was privatised. Re-nationalise now.
Heather Elliott, AylesburyIt’s much better to have rail service in public ownership.
Anthony Thorley, SittingbourneOld BR – poor management. New services – bad management plus greed – any thing for profit.
Michael O’Hara, UttoxeterPrivatisation of the rail network is not benefitting the rail user. Too much money is syphoned off to shareholders – even huge chunks of the current government subsidy.
Helena Richards, AllantonThe best railways are the state-owned ones. Why let private companies take the money which could be going to back into the Treasury?
Helen Perks, KidderminsterAgreed: we need a proper workable rail network asap…
Jon Perks, ChichesterPoor choices by Whitehall (which maybe doesn’t care), poor regulation (by design?), uncompetitive choices for passengers, inefficient infrastructure manager. BBBR.
Paul Lockett, BristolBring back passenger care. If we had invested this much money in BR we would have had a world leading railway, not the fragmented one we have now.