Marion Wallwork, NottinghamWe need a national rail system which has the needs of passengers at heart rather than those of shareholders.
Ian Allan, MargateI am a poet and satirist who wants to bite into the hotch-potch of money-grabbing rail companies.
Roger Averill, NorthamptonThe railways are already nationalised, but it’s the people in Europe who own our railways. Take them back!
Paul Chappell, LondonCheaper to run a car than go on a train. Yes, you have traffic, but you’re in your own world and not stuck thinking “Why am I paying this much just to get to work?”
Iain WoodfieldA great place to start. Then we can see about bt and the other utilities.
Marilyn Moore, DarlingtonAs a child (I’m now 65) I travelled everywhere by train. I’ve been on trains across Europe in recent years and found them affordable and efficient but I can’t afford them here.
Ryab Nicholson, GooleNationalise everything. I’m sick to death with being ripped off.
Katrina Dorman, LiverpoolIt’s simply not possible to deliver effective services to stakeholders whilst maximising profits for shareholders. All the evidence available proves this point. BBBR.
Susan O’Brien, LancasterProfiteering from our infrastructure might be good for the profiteers but is not good for consumers or that old-fashioned notion of the ‘national interest’.
Lorena Shaw, StirlingThe prices have become outrageous.
Robert Collis, ChesterfieldI remember when it was affordable to travel by train. It’s far too expensive these days, so I use my car. I’m not paying for the greedy fat cats’ huge salaries and bonuses.
Peter Sains, Bishop AucklandWhose Railways? Ours. Give back our railways.
Doris Brunt, BiggleswadeThere is overwhelming support to restore our railways to public ownership and politicians must listen.
Gavin Jones, AddlestoneWhy do I pay more for a shorter journey? Ticket from Weybridge to Kew Bridge is cheaper than the shorter journey from Addlestone. I hate the railway companies.
Chris Palmer, RuncornCommon sense over chaos.
Stewart Bramman, DoncasterThe railways are farcical. Stop this fragmented system and bring back common sense.
Alasdair Lumsden, LondonYes, bring it back.
Greg Taylor, YorkBritain’s railways are for the people not for profit.
Grace Kennedy, LondonKingston-upon-Thames.
Cyril Rhodes, SheffieldIt should not have been done in the first place.
Michael Lewis, HaverfordwestRetired BR R&M Fitter. I left because of privatisation after joining BR WR in the 1960s at the Swindon Apprentice Training School. Privatisation is a shambles.
Curtis Ablitt, KidderminsterBring Back BR.
Barbara Webb, YorkPrivatisation has been a disaster. Let the state run the railways – they did a much better job.
Del SmithThe privatisation of British Rail has failed. If I have to use the train to travel for one week (15 train rides) at least three of the trains are either late or cancelled.
Aaron Lee Gibson, CarlisleIt should never have been privatised. There is too much money wasted the way it’s run now.
Simon Coulton, BradfordLet’s get back to a rail network that was the best in the world. Look at other countries as models for what we should be aiming for.
Mike FriendSome say British Rail failed the nation but what really failed the nation was the government, who took the easy way out.
Anthony Hopkins, BristolThe rail service should be a viable alternative to car travel but in reality the public are held to ransom by an extortion racket.
Paul Norman, Burgess HillIf it’s true that the major shareholders of the rail companies are the state-owned rail companies of Germany and Holland, using profit to subsidise their fares, it’s disgraceful.
Alan Stewart, FalkirkThe news that Abellio have failed to plan for the loss of trains on its flagship service is the last straw for me.