Maria Hyde, Milton KeynesIt’s always been over-priced in my adult life and it needs to change.
Mike James, PontypriddBring it back and get the right people to run it.
David Fletcher, NuneatonRail is a natural monopoly so public ownership is the appropriate system.
Sam Giles, BirminghamEvery day I get ripped off travelling to London for work (to pay taxes) yet I can’t afford to spend to fuel the economy, because the train company takes it all!
Zaki Hughes, YorkBring back BR, and the great four.
Andrew Marsden, BathInconsistent brand identity and decentralised control create confusion for customers and overheads for train operating companies.
David Wallace, BirminghamThe railways already belonged to us. The government have no right selling them off. Where did the money go to after the sell off ?
Mike Boursnell, CambridgeA unified system makes sense doesn’t it? And for other things too? Water for example.
Geoff Proctor, BuryRe-nationalise all our trains, rails, buses, power. Don’t let people get rich from privatising national services.
Greg HumphreyAbsolutely appalling service from Greater Anglia, They need to spend money on their services instead of giving out cupcakes.
Stuart Wilkins, BrockenhurstIf the rail industry is ‘private’ why then do the train operating companies take their profits whilst the taxpayer is still contributing considerably to the rail network.
Henry Sherridan, DoncasterNo to privatisation.
Marina Wilson, PeterboroughBring back British Rail. What more to say?
Iain Fletcher, CoventryNational infrastructure does not conform to typical capitalist theory. Monopolies and exploitation are inevitable.
Ruth Dunstan, BradfordBring back a rail system that works and is British owned and operated.
Steve Lewzey, EdenbridgeThe railways should be run for the good of the user not for private profit
Stephen Baxter, GlasgowThis is self explanatory.
Colin Waugh, Stockton-on-TeesWe must keep this. Profit versus service and shareholder dividend always means we lose out.
Mark Johnson, CambridgePrivatisation is theft.
Cameron Sanderson, LondonTravelling around the UK, whether for leisure, work or family visits, should not be costed at such a high price as to be prohibitive without booking weeks in advance.
Lawrence Paulson, CambridgePrivatisation has just allowed private companies to enrich themselves at our expense.
Neil Saunders, LondonRestore to the public what was so cynically taken from them. Public services and utilities should be run for the common good, not for private profit.
Karen Edwards, BenfleetC2c has ruined our line. Privatisation has been a disaster. It should not be about profits, it should be about service.
Katie Scaife, BristolYes. Please.
Kathleen A Hancox, RuncornWe need a reliable, affordable train service. My husband commutes to Manchester, my daughter is going to university in Huddersfield and my eldest lives in Sheffield.
Alice Lucas, BrightonWe have suffered for far too long with an inadequate and exorbitantly overpriced rail service. Year on year we pay more for a service that is failing us at every corner.
Danny Gazzi, LondonIt would cost nothing to re-nationalise franchises when they expire. And most people want our railways back in our hands.
Bob Bache, BrixhamPrivatisation does not work. The interests of the shareholders far outweigh any interests of passengers. Re-nationalise a.s.a.p. please.
Pierre Ofzareck, Cologne, GermanyTo divide the railways into different companies makes a cut in responsibilities at the weakest point of the railway ever – the point between wheel and track.