Kimberley Parker, New MiltonThe rail services provided are some of the most expensive, yet poorly run in the world. People are forced to drive for convenience, which is damaging our environment.
Viv Owen, BradfordSafety and efficiency before profit.
Lee Garratt, BraunstonPeople before profits!
Neraj Sharma, Milton KeynesThere is no valid reason for keeping the railways in private hands. The model has miserably failed. This is resulting in underused transport rail service and clogged roads.
Keith Hitchings, QueenboroughIt should never have been sold off in the first place.
Hugh Gurney, GlasgowHand out subsidies (from our taxes) to hand them to investors? It makes no sense.
Gordon Dowell, Gillingham, KentPre-privatisation message read if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Now it is broken we have to try to fix it. Sign up and let Cameron know we’re out there.
Anne Mead, TewinRailways should be solely under the control of Government and run for the benefit of people and not private profit.
Julie Bedington, MalvernNationalise the railways. They should be run as a service not for greedy profit.
James York, EdinburghThis week’s announcement that the East Coast rail network has returned £1billion to the taxpayers’ purse should be a nail in the coffin for the madness of privatisation.
Julian Wilson, TonbridgeI know a few of us re-nationalisers round here. Could we hold a meeting or action?
Rosemary Blake, LondonHow much more can the ordinary person take? Let down by politicians and bankers and held to ransom by the greed of the people running virtually everything else.
Elaine Barraud, GodalmingOur rail system should be run purely for public service as it is in a lot of other European countries.
Nigel Brown, PortsmouthNetwork rail is going bust.
Simon Short, RochdaleThis country needs to catch up with the rest of Europe by having a viable public transport system.
Lennie Brooks, SouthamptonAll the private owners want is profit, at a cost to safety, passenger care and just about anything. The amount of subsidies they get. Bring BR back.
Jonathan Martin, LancasterThere are some services the market can’t effectively provide and a rail network is one. It’s a costly experiment gone wrong and it’s time to wake up to common sense.
David Bowers, GlasgowEast Coast shows we can run trains, without private companies getting the subsidies for their profits.
Margaret Littlejohn, NewarkI have been disgusted with the poor running of trains in the UK with the exceptions of Virgin Trains, which the coalition want to change, and East Coast Line, which is public.
Paul Campbell, LondonThe privatisation of the UK’s rail network has not led to lower fares and better service. Rail companies put shareholders’ dividends before fare-paying customers. BBBR.
Amanda Kay, HeywoodIt seems the companies running the railways right now think they can get away with anything and not be held accountable.
Susan Dawson, RosudgeonNeither trains, railways nor buses should ever have been privatised. High prices for poor transport services. Nationalised would be better maintenance/service/price.
Kathryn Thomas, Radcliffe-on-TrentThe ludicrously complicated fare structures have to go.
Ray Grinney, DealRemove the strata of capitalist greed that impoverishes the rest of us who are not shareholders.
William Quick, BristolPrivatisation has channelled public funds into private hands and left us with one of the most expensive and least efficient railways. We must renationalise now.
Ali Newton, WarminsterIt’s about time that railways become publicly owned, to keep control of the cost and we massively need to improve the quality and culture of travelling.
Jim Brettell, LeedsBring back BR. Do not privatise East Coast!
Gary Tallant, LiversedgeBillions wasted in annual share dividends which could be used to improve rail service.
David Fearnhead, NottinghamPublic services are public assets.
Carole Green, YorkEast Coast is an example of how much better it is not to have the railway privatised. The further advantage there used to be of one unified system would be welcome.