Peter Burns, NewportPrivatisation can only work where there is competition. With rail we have massive regional monopolies taking all the reward, paying no investment and are even subsidised.
Roger Sidaway, EdinburghBring back British Rail. It makes economic and ecological sense.
Paul Jeffries, KentSoutheastern to go.
Stephen Sparkes, Ulverston150 years of learning best practice of running a railway was thrown away at break-up. Absolute stupidity. Some people always think they know better.
Lynda Pickersgill, BarnsleyI’ve just had the worst train journey ever travelling from Birmingham to Wakefield. It took just under 3 hours, making an average speed of 34 mph.
Colin Flowerday, HoltThe Tories run the East coast main line as LNER. Bring back BRITISH RAIL.
Michael Baker, CardiffThe sooner the better.
Hannah Straw, NottinghamTrain travel is now prohibitively expensive. Smaller stations are not serviced, meaning that only wealthy people who live in well-connected places can use it.
Tom Hillard, ChepstowA bad decision. Reverse it.
Paul Howard, EastbourneI am advocating re-nationalisation of the railways as part of my General Election campaign as an Independent candidate.
Barry Woodcock, KetteringI am old enough to remember the good old days of BR when we all knew what the fares were without going through different web sites and companies.
Alan Perkins, CanterburyShort-sighted dogma caused the chaos.
Maria Ali, ManchesterHelp more people commute and get to work cheaply.
Eve Wallis, BirminghamNationalise the railways, privatisation has failed as was predicted. Public money for friends of the Tories!
Carey Chapman, HarrowEast Coast is a shining example of what a railway not run by the private sector can achieve.
Keren Gilfoyle-McGroarty, NottinghamA nationalised rail network would be able to re-invest in its hardware rather than paying off shareholders.
Gillian Callaby, WorksopAs a frequent rail traveller I find the various tariffs immensely frustrating. A fare should remain reasonably constant.
John Casken, RothburyThe European example of a single, co-ordinated rail network puts ours to shame, apart from the excellent East Coast which should not be sold off to a private company.
Malcolm Judd, RomfordWe pay our fares to get somewhere, not to fill directors’ and shareholders’ pockets. Because of high wages and dividends there is no money for improvement works.
Caroline Raine, OxfordI’m fed up with complicated rip-off fare structures. I don’t want to pay for private companies’ profits. I want to pay for a decent train service.
Gareth Brown, InverurieEast Coast worked fine – why not apply this model to the whole network?
Matthew Tiller, LondonNo more profiteering. Don’t hand private companies a monopoly.
Leslie Blake, AberdeenThe Tory government still tries to perpetuate the theory that nationalised railways never made a profit. Check out East Coast – in profit since re-nationalisation.
Ian Crockford, BirminghamBritish Rail I miss you!
J Kim, HamptonBring back British Rail. It’s the way it should be.
Cuchulainn Gent, EdinburghEdinburgh’s railway has completely disappeared and what has followed is the creation of the UK’s most congested city. Bring back the rail.
Jacqueline Wilson, Herne BayRail needs to be subsidised by the government. Prices have become ridiculous when compared to incomes, and inflation. As a tax payer I feel, used and abused.
Brian Warren, Butler, Pa. USAWhat a shame that it has come to this – Britain led the world with its railways. The Edwardian era was the pinnacle of its glory. Visit the National Railway Museum in York.
Ken Stott, WolverhamptonRailways are a national asset which belongs to all of us.
Aidan Wilson, South ShieldsI think that if we bring back British Rail, it will cause a smarter, unified railway for the public.