William Hunter, HartlepoolPrivatisation has not worked. It is only the Conservative ideology behind this matter.
Ian Clark, AylesburyIt should never have been sold off in the first place, Give it back to the people.
Gareth Valentine-Saunders, RiponWe have outdated trains, poor performance and franchises being allowed to bid for routes they have previously handed back (National Express and East Coast).
Roger Oliver LewisThe main routes carrying the most passengers have deteriorated since privatisation.
Sarah Shahid, SheffieldI would like to bring back British Rail, as it will then be affordable for all and be a massive tourism boost. We would have a decent rail system like other countries.
Paul Chester, LeedsThe privatisation of our railways hasn’t worked. All the profits have been siphoned off to shareholders and not back into where it should be – education, health, social care.
Ruth Sanchez, BrightonSouthern Rail are hopeless, useless and a total disgrace. They charge the highest fares in Europe yet providing the most awful and unreliable service.
Cristian Gurran, RotherhamFree market capitalism is not the answer to everything and is certainly not the optimal solution to how a country should provide essential services to its population.
C C, LincolnBR was better than we have now, and affordable and reliable. It was fantastic. Bring back BR.
Jack Coy, SheffieldWe deserve a proper, integrated railway system run for people not profit
Nick Telfer, Tignes, FranceAs an ex-pat I still support this cause. The rot started with Beeching and was compounded by Thatcher. Tory hierarchs are the enemies of the people.
Andrew Green, SwanseaBring back British Rail. All is forgiven.
David Partner, FromeTrain services are less reliable and more expensive than 100 years ago. How can the madness of HS2/3 be considered before a proper joined-up rail service for all?
Peter Hethershaw, SheffieldPrivatised BR – one big transfer of taxpayers’ money into private hands.
Richard Palmer, LondonBring back BR for public accountability to passengers who are also taxpayers, instead of having to satisfy the pockets of shareholders and speculators.
Leigh Stenson, Stockton-on-TeesRailways are a public service and, as such, should be publicly owned.
Jasmin Crosbie, CarlisleIt’s a public service and should pay for itself, but huge profits – why?
Dot Walker, MaldonThe rail network does not work under privatisation and needs to be taken back into our hands, run for commuters not profiteers.
Grande Briggs-White, SouthamptonThe day of the corporation must end. A corporation has human rights now and everything is done out of greed. What was owned by the people should stay with the people.
Rebecca Michel, ExeterCivilised societies run transport, health, education etc. as services, not opportunities for private profit.
Antoine Sud, WimbledonIt sounded like a good idea in theory 30 years ago, but politicians need to admit it has failed in practice.
Alan Campbell, BalernoRail privatisation has been a disaster except for a few company directors and other major shareholders.
Andrew Moore, EnfieldMajor infrastructure components such as all of the rail network should be nationally owned and operated.
Robert Coleman, LiverpoolLet’s do it now.
Simon Norton, CambridgeEven more important is to protect and improve our bus services, which are being directly attacked by the government, especially in rural areas.
Allen Teare, Bishop AucklandReturn railways into public hands, so that profits can be returned to the railways to improve services rather than the money going to shareholders.
Pete Northcott, CambridgeThe first of many re-nationalisation processes, I hope.
W S Stevenson, Weymouth,Open more branch lines too, and forget high speed trains with massive costs. Just arriving on time is OK.
Carol Lindsay, KilconquharPrices up, service down. Now is the time to turn around.
Shirley Jones, NorthamptonI understand that even with the pressure of having to prepare for privatisation, British Rail still scored more on performance indicators than current companies. Re-nationalise.