John Croll, RoystonRe-nationalise as soon as possible and stop this expensive chaotic idiocy.
Joanna Dunn, NottinghamThis is no way to run a railway. Simplify, unify, make it cheaper, get cars off the road.
Terry Hudson, DarlingtonEast Coast service proves that the railways can make money under public ownership. All public services and utility companies ought to be re-nationalised.
Mal Kempsell, LiverpoolSNCF in France seems to work well as does DB in Germany. From home to university in Kent I go through five different companies which are never in sync.
Nigel Ball, SheffieldState-run rail systems are efficient and affordable. Try Deutsche Bahn.
Barbara Jean, DoncasterThe rail companies are putting the shareholders first and the people who are the users of the service are being ripped off.
Douglas Mitchell, BedfordTake back the community’s railways.
Clive Glaister, SloughRe-nationalise the railways! Proof of the pudding is East Coast Mainline. Nationalisation does and can work.
Brian Binns, HarrogateWe must stop treating the railways as a way of filling private pockets with taxpayers’ cash.
Ramona Andrews, LondonHow can anyone who uses public transport be against nationalising the railways?!
Roland Laycock, MansfieldPeople used to be proud of the railways. Now its just a rip-off. As an ex-signalman I have seen it go downhill with vast amounts of money vanished into black holes.
Adam Anderson, SheffieldLet’s get rid of this farce of free market idealism gone too far. The person buying the ticket has no choice but to add to the profits of the local monopoly.
Chris Gill, LondonI’m not a customer, I’m a passenger.
John Ketchell, LondonRestore public service. Even in a recession European countries manage to run proper railways without feeding private greed.
David Green, LondonNot only should we re-nationalise the railway network, but we must also bring back into the public sector the whole transport industry.
Lynn Evans, Stourport-on-SevernNationalise all utilities.
Nicholas Smith, WrexhamWe need order to our rail networks, they are so disrupted.
Tobias Summers, UxbridgeEnd the extortion of private companies due to privatisation. It has done more bad than good.
Sean Cole, GravesendAn embarrassment to our country, and legitimately a large source of much misery in my life.
Mark Kingston, RingmerAnd while you are at it, bring back the rail link between Brighton and Tunbridge Wells.
Katie Goodwin, TadleyThe Great Train Robbery – the British privatised rail network.
N Zaidi, BrightonSevere lack of peak time trains (e.g. back/forth Brighton) and also lack of scheduling with local bus services, makes getting to work time-consuming, expensive and awful.
Donald Chapman, GlasgowIt just makes sense.
Kate Gunn, Tyne and WearStop wasting the taxpayers’ cash and bring back British Rail. If you don’t then the taxpayer should receive the money back that the government has wasted.
Gordon Hope-Murray, ReadingPublic money is for public services, not profits for shareholders.
Damian LineDamn Southeastern trains.
Bob Pearson, ChelmsfordNone of the essential public services should ever have been privatised, transport especially. The backbone of a working successful Britain, strong and globally competitive.
Mel Dickson, HartlepoolIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
Olive Baines, LeedsGreat idea. It’s time it was taken out of private hands before we have no railway at all.
Barry Scott, RomfordRail Prices are too high and the service is not worth it. People could move around easier under British Rail.