Luke Norris, BrightonTake it away from profiteers who cherry-pick services and disregard less popular routes and vital investment.
Tony Lansdowne, BristolCan anyone name a single example of when privatisation has been of considerable benefit to the general public?
Christine Deas, RetfordNone of the public owned companies, such as the railways, coal, energy, water, should have been privatised. It was a short-sighted policy designed to make a quick profit.
Judith Priest, East LothianEast Coast line has shown it can be profitable over the last few years.
Charles Burgess, EastbournePower to the people.
Marcello Gabrielli, DerbyshireThe railways have gone nothing but down hill since the privatisation of British Rail.
John Maynard, HarrogateSince we are paying billions every year to subsidise fat cat pay and shareholder dividends we might as well own it.
Enzo Carrubba, LiskeardPrivatisation isn’t working. We need to secure a future for the youngsters by keeping the railway in the public sector and stopping the fat cats reaping big bonuses.
Colin Carpenter, BedfordWe need to unify the railways again to make them much cheaper for us to use, so we need British Railways back again.
Imran HusainPrivatisation and competition works when there is actual consumer choice on offer. Why anyone thought this would apply on rail routes beggars belief.
Alan Milne, EdinburghThe national rail network should be run for the benefit of the nation, not just for the profit of the few.
Richard Paul, StroudThe rail fare-structure alone is madness, plus I’m a passenger, not some customer to be ripped off.
Angela Lemay, WinkleighBring it back into public ownership because profit and service don’t mix.
Luke Hounsell, CambridgeThe price of train tickets is disgusting!
John Parr, FakenhamI rarely use rail travel because I find it chaotic and expensive. I wouldn’t mind that so much if it was good old British Railways muddling through.
Theodore Bacon, YorkMaintaining the railway in public ownership, as a vertically organised system, is the only sensible arrangement.
Norman Partington, WarringtonLet’s take back our railways out of the hands of the French and German governments and Branson of the Virgin Islands.
Charles Metcalfe, HaslemereI find travelling to and from my local station is often interrupted, delayed or cancelled.
Stewart Legg, PortsmouthToday the Tories are at it again, this time with the Post Office. The Labour Party needs to state that it will re-nationalise the railways and the Post Office.
Richard Waltereit, Whitley BayMany of the private rail companies are foreign national rail networks, so it would better be one British Rail.
Gordon Leach, PortsladeHaving experienced the shambles of Southern and the marginally better Arriva Trains Wales services it is high time they were done away with and re-nationalised.
Ian Johnstone, GranthamThe only one that makes a real profit is the East Coast line that is publicly owned, a prime example of how it can work.
Ronald Branton, YorkThis is a very important issue and we must return our railways to public ownership.
James Murphy, East BoldonRailways in the UK are no longer the mode of transport affordable to people earning the minimum wage. Flying is cheaper than travel by rail. Come on government.
Glenn Tregillis, WinchesterRe-train Britain for a more sustainable future.
Mike FriendThe transport monopolies cannot lose – it’s a win-win situation for them backed by the government.
Max Davidson, St. NeotsThe glaring financial success and fantastic service offered by the East Coast line was a great stepping stone to a nationalised service throughout a modern Britain.
Jane Glaister, WakefieldThe sooner the better.
Beth Granter, BrightonNationalisation is the only solution. Railways should be run for the public benefit and not for private profit.
Paul Bright, BournemouthBringing Back British Rail will save millions of lives on our roads and help save the NHS. It is a sensible way to fix the UK economy.