Mervyn Davies, ColchesterPrivatisation has never worked with bus and rail. Labour has failed to undo this and union rights.
Denis Rice, NottinghamWe need less fragmentation of services. East Coast line shows again what public ownership achieves for the benefit of all.
Susan Gulliver, KeighleyLet’s put the British back and make the railways a state-owned company. Everyone then should be able to afford to use them.
Nicola Shepherd, AltonRe-nationalise and invest in a national rail service.
Steven Partington, BoltonMay it be.
Ann Sheppard, HexhamPublic transport should be run for the benefit of users, not shareholders.
Relsov Obshtestven, Sofia, BulgariaWe support you 100%. In Bulgaria government wants to sell our railways too and systematically to ruin our Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ).
Conal DunnThere’s a fat chance of this happening under the current regime, and with UKIP popular too.
Ajay Nuseibeh, HastingsSince privatisation the service has become dreadful. Prices have risen and we don’t have the safety measures expected of a public body.
Risa Duff, BuryIt has deteriorated so much and, in order to get a decently priced ticket, you have to book three months in advance and sometimes that is not possible to do.
Adam Stock, NewcastleLet’s stop the corporate benefits that gives us poor management, rip-off fares and a terrible ticketing system. Re-nationalise now.
Ed Dougall, Bury St. EdmundsIt’s crazy that something as complex as a railway system should be so fragmented. France and Germany own bits of ours but run theirs as national entities.
Mike Beaumont, BrixhamJust bring our railways back to where they were before privatisation and upgrade the rolling stock to meet demands for the ever growing population.
Dylan Kilgour, MotherwellWhat’s the delay?
Oliver Leonard, JohnstoneScotRail are a joke.
Andrew Iddenden, AldershotA government decision that was incredibly misguided and influenced by greed and corruption.
Kevin Wheatley, Stockton-on-TeesA recent trip to Munich left me in awe of a brilliant public transport system which is in stark contrast of the poor British standard. You can fly for less over here.
StewartEverything costs more now due to the number of separate departments. Bring back British Rail and raise staff morale!
Nick Brooks, NottinghamshireJust one more thing where the public are ripped off, to the benefit of the fat cat bosses.
Conor Murphy, HuddersfieldNationalised means better fares, better service and direct, competent ownership. Look at DB in Germany. Public can also mean profit.
Theresa Marsden, PeterboroughEast Coast is putting money back into the public purse rather than into profits for shareholders. That is as it should be. Every privatisation raises prices.
Ian Hamilton, DunbarEast Coast Rail was working perfectly until it was re-privatised. Now, despite the usual Virgin hype, the lounges have been down-graded and there are reliability problems.
Jean Squires, CongletonThe system is too confusing at the moment.
Raymond Walley, BexhillWe need a unified system that Whitehall does not micromanage.
Harry Keane, Gillingham, KentPublic services should be run for the public good, not private profit.
Alison Harte, KentThis might help to stop strikes.
Monique Van Beek, CambridgeAn absolute disgrace – the expense, the bad service, the delays, the uncertainty. I say, nationalise the lot. It can’t possibly get any worse.
Martina Lednicka, GravesendI commute every day and the service is awful. I’m delayed on a nearly daily basis but because the delays are for less than 30 minutes it means I’m not entitled to compensation.
Rory Tulip, Newcastle-upon-TyneDo our children deserve to live in a country without an affordable, convenient and green infrastructure?
Denise Bret, LondonIt is definitely time that railways are taken out of the private sector and run for the public not for enrichment of the few.