Tony Laidler, RytonMake it happen now.
John Gardner, StevenageLet’s own what we pay for and use.
Vic Hall, BalderonThe East Coast Main Line is both clean and comfortable. The fares are competitive, the service is first class. If that was spread over other lines it would be marvellous.
Colin Bloomfield, LetchworthPublic transport systems should not be there to make a profit. They are there for all of us, for the public, by the public.
Brian Finn, CardiffNot for profit organisation would keep the greed and corruption at bay.
William A Tinsley, YorkWhy fragment a system that proved itself for many years until the Tory Party decided to cure the patient by hacking it into small pieces instead of a small jab.
David Bosher, LondonOnly the Tories could have done this, their revenge on the public knowing they’d lose the 1997 election so they got in quick with this. Typical Tories messing things up.
Steve Duffy, Betws-yn-RhosBritish Rail worked. The current mess only works if you’re a shareholder. Let’s get rid of it and bring back BR.
Richard Ineson, WhitbyThe privatisation of BR has brought no benefits, high fares, and still the public subsidise the service to a higher level than when it was in public ownership.
Hannah Sawtell, NottinghamI am very upset by today’s news about the East and West Coast mainlines. Yet another example of business and greed being more important than the needs of the nation.
Philip Melaney, LondonEssential services and infrastructure should never be in private hands. The potential for corruption is too high and on too grand a scale.
Samuel Gunn, LondonCompetition is an impossibility on the train lines. It is a national service that should be run for public benefit at cost price, not for private profit.
Amber Smithwhite, PaigntonWhat’s happened to British Rail – it used to be cheaper, easier and happier to let the train take the strain.
Eleanor Levin, LancasterPrivatisation of the railways never made any sense. Railways are expensive to run and don’t make profit so the state has to subsidise them whatever.
Christopher Sykesud, WatfordPrivatisation is wrong. It is theft from the British people. It is time that stolen goods were returned to us.
Paul Ellerington, BedfordAt present the railways in our country are a shambles that only the richer in our society can afford to use. One almost requires a computer brain to calculate the fares.
Malcolm Hunt, LondonBR seems to have run best when it was up for sale and had to prove itself before privatisation. If East Coast can do it, then I’m sure the whole network can too.
Mike Nightingale, CardiffTake back what we built.
Billy Perrin, CamborneAbout time.
Maggie Pearse, BradfordIt should never have been de-nationalised. The private profit made from the public and the public purse is absolutely scandalous.
Fred Potter, DundeeIt should never have been privatised. We are allowing the rail companies to rip us off in return for poor services.
Sarah Ollier, DerbyAs a student it costs me £10.70 per day for a 20minute journey that is often delayed. I want to use sustainable transport but I lose a lot of time and money.
Shihab-Ud-Deen Basit, BradfordI’m a Green Party member and therefore understand and know the truth about privatisation.
Christopher Walker-Lyne, YorkPrivate isn’t necessarily better. We want a single national network, for ourselves, for accountability and not for profit. Bring back public ownership.
Crawford Gillies, TroonI believe the trains should be in public hands.
Cathy Moss, RedditchRail should be the transport of the future and part of a government environmental public transport strategy – public being the operative word.
Josh Hutchinson , CambridgeNationalise now!
Clare Honey, NorwichWe need affordable fares and clean trains.
Alex West, BournemouthStop the scandal of private train companies running a monopoly service.
Graham Henderson, BordonRail fares should be going back into the infrastructure and not to shareholders and the bosses of the multiple companies make up our railway.