William Weller, WiganPrivatisation is a pathetic failure for ordinary people. It has just made the rich even richer.
Garry Pease, FinzeanJust let’s have it back. The trains were great.
Natalie Clarke, LondonEnd privatisation.
Irene Double, KeighleyI’m sick of the ticketing system, sick of the overcrowding, most of all sick of the cavalier attitude to any complaint, or no response at all.
Kerry Hindmarch, SheffieldBring back British Rail. People and service over profit.
Michael Hedderly, ColytonSo long as steam-hauled charter trains are still allowed on the mainline.
Christian Chess, ChippenhamA terrible idea to privatise in the first place. Please re-nationalise for the sake of the British people.
Eddie Sheehy, EcclesWe live in a community where travel is vitally important for many reasons. The quality of the service is vital, not the profit motive only.
Sharon Bixby, LondonI sign because this is the only way forward.
Charles Boylan, PrestonBritish Rail was much better. You don’t realise what you’ve got till its gone.
Isabel Cairns, DurhamWe must fight to bring back British Rail.
David Skuse, MorpethThe privatisation of rail has given us a mess. Millions of pounds spent on advisors and lawyers could be spent on services. It’s idiotic to sell successful East Coast .
Margaret Douglas, BirnamWe should be in charge of our railways.
Stephen Helm, PontelandEast Coast Rail have shown that publicly-owned is better than privately-owned, for customers and taxpayers.
Iain Morrison, SevenoaksOur national rail services are an expensive, disorganised shambles.
John F Spencer, ShirebrookEverything should be back in the tax payers’ hands.
Stan Wilson, ManchesterPrivatisation is ruining this country. What we once strove for and achieved is being given away to fill the pockets of the rich and greedy. Nationalise for equality.
Richard Wakeford, CambridgeI saw this in today’s “Grauniad.” Good on you, Ellie.
Gary Dowling, PlymouthPublic services are not for profit. Any surplus should be used for reinvestment and to employ as many staff as it takes to run a safe service.
Susan Pethybridge, Newcastle-upon-TyneA modern unified rail service is essential for now and the future, both environmentally and socially.
Jon Warburton, WindsorFares are too high and tickets should be available across all railway companies or just Bring back British Rail.
Martin Hearne, ChorleyNorthern Rail must be stopped. It’s hell out there.
David Heading, BirminghamLate, packed, dirty and over-priced. I used to do regular trips from Birmingham to Bournemouth, but when it can cost £94 I can’t afford it.
John Shields, RichmondIn 20 years has the passenger been fleeced? Enough is enough. Railways are for the people, not for fat cat profit.
Helen Pengelly, BarnhamI regularly travel by train but am finding increasingly it is cheaper to drive.
Matthew Hewson, LouthBring it back to British Rail.
Dave Ellis, ChristchurchRe-nationalise, scrap HS2, put that amount of money into upgrading the rest and encourage freight back onto the tracks by lowering freight charges.
Jane Clifton, LeedsIt is disgusting that through political ideology only our rail network has been sold off. The East Coast rail route should be kept in public ownership to benefit us all
Chris Ritchie, IpstonesFor all its faults British Rail was still 10 times better than the current services.
Newton Cleghorn, Rowlands GillOur transport system should be for people – not for profit.