Alan Middleton, DurhamA policy for the integration of all public transport should be urgently pursued.
Rory Tulip, Newcastle-upon-TyneDo our children deserve to live in a country without an affordable, convenient and green infrastructure?
James Scott, PutneyHow these companies get away with making us pay extortionate fees for sub-standard services is beyond me. Bring back British Rail.
Anne Booth, HuddersfieldIt should never have been privatised in the first place. The Conservative government stole it from the nation and we want it back.
Kyle Moriarty, HampshireThe prices are ridiculous in the south. Just because I pass through London doesn’t mean I should pay an arm and a leg.
Gordon Steadwood, CharthamAny service like this in private hands will suffer as it will be profit driven. Bring it back into public ownership and serve the customers instead of the shareholders!
Clifford Salmon, LlanfyrnachBring back the old branch lines as well.
Rose Chaney, BridportThe rail system is not working for travellers but shareholders and higher management are still making plenty of money. Our railways need to change.
Joginder SinghBritish Rail was apparently the most cost effective and least subsidised national rail system in Europe.
Molly Spiers-Macleod, LondonHow on earth was privatisation supposed to work competitively?
James Parsons, LondonThe rail network is a joke in its current state, and the most expensive in Europe.
Peter Kasim, LondonThe public should own the railways, as they are an inherently limited resource and should be run solely for our benefit, not for profit!
Steven Parker, Weston-super-MareStop subsidies for profit-making companies. Look to Europe on how to effectively run a national rail service.
Johnny Jangles, StainesSort it out.
Paul Mosley, Sawley, NottinghamI agree.
Thomas Sutton, DerbyshireIf this government is so serious about going green then the railways should be sorted out!
James Peel, StockportI have the utter displeasure of suffering 10 Northern Rail journeys a week. Last week 9 out of 10 were late, and I never got a seat. It is an absolute disgrace.
Barney Cox, LondonI’m so sick of spending an increasingly vast amount of my wages on trains. Freedom of movement is a basic right.
Graeme Holland, DerbyEx-driver now overhead line electrification manager.
Andy Reade, BristolPeople are more important than profits – and economically it’s better nationalised.
John Hunt, LincolnshireLabour’s GBR plans are certainly a step in the right direction, but are half-baked. Let’s do it properly!
Stephen Lauder, WatfordThe private train operating companies should be nationalised when their contracts are up for renewal, then aim for similar standards as in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Wayne Bloomfield, DagenhamOver-priced fares, hardly any seats when I travel to and from London. Privatisation has become more of a joke than it did with British Rail. Bring back BR.
Louise Bishop, YorkAll profits should be ploughed back into the railway, not people’s pockets.
Patricia Stevens, NewcastleLet’s have a rail service and not a privatised joke that fills the pockets of a few fat cats.
Derek Jones, TyldesleyThe so called privatisation is costing the tax payer more than the nationalised railway ever did with duplication of jobs. Surely it’s time to stop this nonsense?
Angela Veysey, MeophamLook at the German model (or anywhere else). They’re better organised and far cheaper.
Anne Keighley, ManchesterBring it back now.
Allan Jones, ElginThey should never have been privatised. The government conspired to make them look unprofitable at the time and also at the time of Beeching.
Robert Bapty, LeedsPrivatisation isn’t working. It’s costing us far more now than it did before for a worse service.