David Cole, LondonTime to undo.
Jack Hanlon, SheffieldI am a student in London and the cost of visiting my girlfriend (Durham) and parents (Sheffield) is almost unmanageable.
Andrew Reid, HolmfirthI think we need and deserve a public service transport system.
Imrul Hossain, WatfordWe should never have sold our public transport to the private sector. It was the worst idea by any government. Be smart and bring it back.
Mike Gibson, WarminsterPlease end the idiocy of privatisation. Bring it all back under one umbrella for the good of the country, the passengers and the industry.
Andrew Nix, LondonThe railways should be a public concern, serving the public, not wealthy shareholders.
Shirley Coupe, NorwichWhy not re-nationalise, take more people off benefits to work in the Industry to, once again, give good customer service, instead of demoralising them with unemployment.
Stella Haynes, Market HarboroughIt, by rights, belongs to us anyway and was stolen from us.
Geoff Dunbar, TorquayRestore the public service, reverse loading of costs on passengers, invest in public transport as a real national asset for everyone.
Josie Wassall, BirminghamPlease make our railway one again. Ever since the fragmentation passengers have become secondary to profits. I think safety issues will be a higher priority then.
Glyn Pope, BarryI am at a complete loss as to why we have these different companies. People should be encouraged to use public transport, to save the pollution of their own cars.
Richard Manders, WorthingMore should travel by rail, but don’t because of high costs, delays and generally poor service. Value the worker, value the passenger.
Hilary Hunt, Market OvertonA rail service where passengers are valued, instead of being ripped off to line the pockets of the already obscenely rich.
Lorenz Fritschi, Rennes, FranceYes. British Rail for ever.
Lucy Buckland, BracknellI’m a long-term commuter fed up with shorter trains causing overcrowding and no working together between Railtrack and FGW.
Peter Kevan, ChorleyNot enough carriages and too expensive. Why pay and reserve a seat that someone else sits in?
Peter Jones, PrestonPrivatisation was the civilian equivalent of a war crime.
Jarvis Coxwell, FarnhamThe current British railway system is inherently flawed, and has gone noticeably downhill. As a 24 year old, I am struggling to afford the 1 hour commute into London.
Alex Rolfe-Sanders, LondonSouthern Rail are useless and expensive.
Stephen Cullen, PrescotRailways not for private profit.
Peter Challis, OxfordWe need a unified, affordable and expanded railway network run in the interests of the public not to increase the profits of Stagecoach and their ilk.
Jean Das Gupta, LondonBring back British Rail and all privatised industries – gas, electricity, water. If we are going to frack for oil the profits should go to the nation not royals.
Judith Joy, SkiptonPrivatisation only works for the owners and their shareholders. Return to BR now.
Anna Doughty, ConwyPlease bring back the unified system that made so much sense and ran a much better service.
Henry Saville, WallaseyI am so angered by the blatant profiteering of the train operating companies and the obvious inefficiencies created by privatisation.
George Kay, WiganIt’s been too long now. Come on. Bring British Rail back.
Ramona Andrews, LondonHow can anyone who uses public transport be against nationalising the railways?!
David Smallwood, YorkWe, the taxpayers, pay far more in subsidies to the railways than ever under BR, even allowing for indexing. Subsidies used to fatten the wallets of TOC shareholders is crazy.
John Kelly, DurhamStop wasting public money and take the contracts into public ownership when they run out
Andrew Duffin, MorpethIt is ridiculous that most franchises are owned by foreign state-owned companies