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.
Colin Bayly, SurbitonEast Coast shows it works. Please let common sense prevail.
Tony Wilmot, BirminghamIt’s not all about profit.
Mitch Harrison, BoltonBring back British Rail.
Matt Weay, Farnborough,Cheaper tickets are needed, for travelling is getting ridiculously expensive.
Richard Pendregaust, DubaiI’m a British expat, appalled at degradation of public services each time I visit UK. Always a Tory voter but some things should remain in state hands. Singapore for example.
Tomasa Bullen, SouthamptonIf only half the money given to the current private companies had been given to British Rail, what a wonderful, publicly-owned service we would have.
Elizabeth Hodgetts, ChesterfieldBritish Rail was one of the few companies that offered a cohesive service through the UK. Bring it back and give us value for money.
David Holmes, LydneyThere’s too much subsidy paid for a lousy service.
Kevin Baker, CoventryIt was better when It was British Rail.
Philip Blanksby, DerbyThe railways should be publicly run, publicly accountable, with profits ploughed back into the industry, not lining shareholders’ pockets.
Alexandra Gillett, BristolRailways should be a public service, not a private profit-generating business. They should work for us, not shareholders.
Ronald Donnelly, Burgess HillWhy should train profits go to overseas investors and not recycled into the system?
Kim Lang, AylesburyPrices are getting ridiculous now. What’s more, the service is getting worse. Delays, overcrowding and high expense is not what we need.
Michael Connole, RotherhamI would like to see British Rail nationalised so that a proper structure of management, engineers and workers can be put in place to deliver an ethical service.
Mary Kitt, CaerphillyThey should never have been sold off.
Perryn Biggs, OswestryPrivatisation has not worked.
Jack Coleman, CrawleyThe fair from Crawley to London is £35, for a distance of only 30 miles. This is unacceptable.
Guy Birkin, NottinghamWe can make this work.
Arthur Bostrom, ManchesterI look for joined-up thinking on the railways where trains with enough seats for all can be achieved once more. With privatisation there’s no incentive.
M Smith, LeedsWhy should we give billions to companies to run railways when we can own it and make a profit for the nation.
Darren McNiven, WorthingI travel by train a lot and it is very expensive now, I can remember the early ’90s train prices were fair. I think we should bring back British Rail.
David Quay, Breda, NederlandI am English, I come back a lot. The fare structures are an expensive nightmare. Why £32 single and £32.20 return? Dutch railways are cheap and efficient.
Donald Hutchison, PenzanceBring back the big blue trains.
Richard Wetherell, LondonIf the French and German state rail companies think it’s a good idea to run Britain’s railways then why don’t we?
Debbie Wood-Holland, WellingboroughHow can a train trip cost so much? Convenient for rail companies, not the public. So get your snouts out of the trough please.
Steve Higgins, LeedsI support Caroline Lucas’s proposal to take each rail component back into public ownership as franchises finish. East Coast shows how much better it would be.
John Wright, SalisburyPrivatisation is not working. Why should our railway be in the hands of foreign state-owned organisations?
Estelle Mageean, BarnsleyI demand we have our railways back.
Michael Ley, LutonPrivatisation has been a total failure (As we knew it would be) Greed has replaced efficiency and duty to the people it once served.