Ian Johncock, GravesendWe’re passengers, not customers.
Gary Clarke, MarchIt should never have been disbanded. It’s time to bring it back.
Linden Stafford, ExeterRail privatisation was a bad idea when the Tories introduced it. It is now difficult to plan a long-distance journey and prices are exorbitant. Plan for need, not profit.
Mark Brun, Stockton-on-TeesBring an end to privatised railway madness. The only people it benefits are shareholders not the rail passengers.
Stephen Atkins, EdinburghThe private rail companies are getting more subsidy than BR ever received. They get compensated when things go wrong. They cannot lose. Time to renationalise.
David Wallace, HaddenhamBring back BR.
Patricia Smith, HuddersfieldThere should be a rail network in this country that is for the benefit of all train users, not for the shareholders. Bring back British Rail.
Kate Tomes, Maidstone.To centralise and make it less about profit is the only way.
Chris Henwood, BrightonThe sooner the better.
Zeljka Abramovic, LondonHow can this ever be efficient and safe?
Timothy Richards, AbertridwrJust look at how the railway industry is organised on the continent (owned by the state.) Privatisation is neither efficient nor cheap.
Chris Burrow, FalkirkIt’s shocking that the UK government is paying foreign governments to run our services, making huge profits.
Graham Elder, GillinghamLet’s put an end to fat profits for Southeastern Trains and a thin service for passengers.
Niall McCrohan, LondonIt disgusts me to see that passengers across the country pay so much more for a service which is so much worse than other, state-owned European providers.
Matthew Strode, ManchesterLet’s re-invest back into the rail network instead of the usual fat cats taking the profits out for themselves.
Richard Brierley, DerbyPrices for train travel have soared through the roof and passengers are penalised financially if they travel at certain times.
Richard Stephenson Winter, MorpethI am increasingly of the opinion that natural monopolies should be in public ownership.
Albert Mitchell, DundeeI think I could get something going in Dundee.
Ian Lariviere, St AlbansA national rail network is a national asset and should therefore belong to the nation, and needs to be run in a holistic way.
Andrew Birnie, HydeDeutsche Bahn is the benchmark and should be aspired to.
David Stower, WatfordBring Back the system that worked, get rid of these private companies who are bleeding the travelling public dry.
Tim Nixon, Hemel HempsteadWe need a fully nationalised railway.
Solomon Gibson, DudleyIn a system where the workers’ travel is a necessity to the workers’ production, it is the workers who should own the means of travel.
Cathy Smith, LondonOur current system hoodwinks, fleeces, and punishes the customer. I’m sick of navigating the labyrinth of pricing and timings. Bring back our national system, please.
Emma Quinn, LondonThe train lines are currently run like a monopoly so why not re-nationalise them for the nation rather than fat cat businessmen?
Graham Brook, WokingI’ve been to other countries on the Continent, Germany for instance, and seen how fine their publicly owned system is in terms of price/quality, it makes me want to cry.
Paul Duckett, WindermereIf all the money spent on this stupid privatisation had been invested in BR we would now have the best rail system in the world. Peter Parker rest in peace.
Stuart Wilson, NorwichThe unification of the train operators with the infrastructure is a must for a commonsensical rail network.
Rosie Roberts, EastbourneOutrage.
Marc Carless, St AlbansWhile I never lived in the age of British Rail, it was in a better state than our current railways. Bring back NSE, Bring back provincial, bring back British Rail.