Oscar Franklin, ChathamRail privatisation has been a massive con, leaving us with a fractured network and a cabal of companies sucking up public funds for private profit.
Peter LucasSouthern strikes are showing that the private sector is not more efficient at running the railways.
Rob Mulholland, LeedsPrivate rail companies provide inferior service at exorbitant prices. Public transport is just that – public.
Sebastian Hughes, PrestonThe sooner, the better.
Martin Lakie, WorcesterEnd fragmentation, ridiculous complexity, huge hidden subsidies and profiteering now.
Sydney Wilmshurst, CaterhamValue for passengers not profit for financiers.
Pat Smith, BrentwoodGet the family silver back.
Larry Tetteh, LondonBring back British Rail.
Margaret Stritzel, DerbyI have many happy memories of travelling by train with my father as a child. I would love to see the return of British Rail.
S Toyne, YorkMy husband worked in a once thriving railway industry in York until privatisation in the 90’s destroyed this. So many skilled people became unemployed, it was devastating.
Mark Shaw, EdinburghMajor infrastructure such as the railway system should never be run by private companies. There will always be detriment to the public.
Ron Ellis, Weston-super-MareWe’ve been taken for a ride far too long.
Robert McArdle, CoventryWe the public are sick of private companies ripping off customers. Bring the rail network back under public accountable ownership.
S Nightingale, NottinghamRail travel was and is far more efficient and economical when nationalised. Bring back British Rail.
Peter Somogyi, PinnerRail fares are way too expensive, its disgusting. I’m a family man. Where does it leave people like me ? For someone who doesn’t have a car. I can seldom take the kids out.
Richard Howard, SheffieldAs it says. Bring back British Rail.
Martina Gross, Berlin, GermanyYes, something essential as public transport shouldn’t be in private hands, because this sets the wrong goals. It’s “People before Profit” and not the other way around.
Charles Hemingway, BarnsleyBritish Rail should never have been stolen from us in the first place. Lousy Tories.
Tom TibbitsBring back the railway as a national asset for national advantage – it needs us.
Paul Rathbone, LondonNo-brainer.
Jim Stroyan, HuddersfieldThe time is ripe to start taking back the railways. A lot of franchises are due for renewal so don’t renew them.
Harry Clements, MedsteadI would very much enjoy seeing the railways re-nationalised and I think it would be highly beneficial for the country.
Antony Jones, BraintreeMake it British again. All of these other companies are only in it for the money. Why not take it back, run it at a profit then the money can go back to central government.
Nicholas Bradley, ExeterStop the rip-off prices. It’s the most expensive public transport in the EU.
Gym Rotten, DoverBring back the blue and grey.
Patrick Hilley, KeighleyGreat idea, about time.
John A K Davies, HaverfordwestArriva Trains Wales is state-owned – by Germany.
Ryan Martin, PooleReduce cars, link towns and villages, create more jobs. This has to be the only way in consideration of the growing population and numbers of vehicles on the road.
Thomas Murphy, South Woodham FerrersBig delays at least 2 or 3 times a week not acceptable.
Rob Hague, DerbyRun the railways as a service like the roads, not a cash cow like banking.