Muhammad Rajput, BirminghamYes, yes, yes! I favour bringing back British Rail.
Robert Gordon, LiverpoolIt’s time we the taxpayers have more say on how our money is spent.
Brian Hurst, MansfieldThis system of privatisation is not working. It’s just greed followed by a poor service.
Harry Keane, Gillingham, KentPublic services should be run for the public good, not private profit.
Eric Gillespie, MorpethWhere franchise owners, like the previous East Coast holder, fail, and a government team takes over, then runs it well and profitably, it should remain in public ownership.
Anita O’Mahoney-Hamilton, HenlowI’m fed up with cancelled trains.
Patricia Gurney, NewarkWe are the people of Britain and we want our railways back.
Sue McCall, LlanfairpwllgwyngyllCheck out the pathetic rail service in North Wales. Who cares?
Maureen Raud, TeignmouthThe time has come to tell the Government that we’ve had enough of all this privatisation that doesn’t work for anyone except the fat cats.
Jody Clark, GranthamKeeping the rail nationalised helps bring money in and provides better service. Privatisation doesn’t work. Capitalism only serves a few. Return to humanity.
Mike Machin, SouthamptonPassenger train operation should be for the benefit of travellers – not shareholders. And a unified InterCity could offer seamless integrated long-distance services again.
Matthew Meadows, LondonI’m all for nationalising all forms of ‘public’ transport.
Glyn Jones, DartfordEnd the farce and re-nationalise the railways. I travel to and from Cumbria by train and have never arrived on time in any direction. Also the fares are so expensive,
Mark Thomas, Merthyr TydfilTake it all back.
Paul Nixon, CreweAll public transport needs to be integrated.
Mehdi Mir, SheffieldThe government subsidises rail, passengers pay unbelievable fairs and private firms take huge profits.
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.
Stuart Moir, FileyEvery privatisation I have seen has failed and has ended up with a more expensive, less efficient, worse service for the people, whilst lining the pockets of a select few.
Roy Spearman, RedhillThe old British railway was not as bad as the governments of that time make out. They lied. Make them look like railway people by bringing the old uniforms back..
Phillipa Partington, BedfordA simple, unified rail system with standardised fares has got to be better than the current complicated and still-inadequate rail provision we have.
Hector, CheshireBritish Rail was a glorious organisation.
Owen Smith, LondonTerrible service, abysmally stupid staff, under-trained over-paid lackeys.
David McintoshSince privatisation government subsidy has increased in real terms alongside the dividends of the train operators
Neil Dilworth, PrestonJust look at Berlin at least. It shouldn’t be such a struggle to travel around the country and that value for our input shouldn’t be negotiable.
Bill Tasker, LiverpoolDismantling British Rail has led to chaos.
Robin Lowther, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation has been an unmitigated disaster. Re-nationalise the railway system now.
Colin Everest, SherborneIt is high time we started to reverse at least some of the damage that was done to our services by selling them off to profiteers.
Geraint Dawe, Caerphilly£230 Cardiff to London is extortion. I can fly to Rome for the same. or Belfast 4 times.
Rosemary Catling, CambridgeIt’s just common sense to have a subsidised rail service. Travelling to work and seeing friends should not have to make a profit for shareholders.
Jack Coy, SheffieldWe deserve a proper, integrated railway system run for people not profit