Andrew Macleod, Hemel HempsteadRailways should be run by the public for the public, not shareholders, while passengers have to pay high prices just to stand up.
Tom Yates, WiganHow can companies dependent upon subsidies turn over such large profits? Pre-grouping railways didn
S Byrne, WalsallBring back British Rail and return all railways in the UK to public ownership. I am sick of privatisation and want it to end. I want widescale re-nationalisation.
Michaela Nelson, LiverpoolI agree.
Andrew Boote, CreweI totally agree with public ownership.
Ken Low, HartlepoolWe need to re-nationalise the railways which should never have been privatised in the first place.
Pamela McFarlane, IpswichThe prices are too ridiculous. I’m spending a quarter of my monthly wage on trains.
Hilary Warr, Holmes ChapelI have thought for years that BR should never have been privatised. See Private Eye for our messed-up railways.
Dexter Dennis, ChalkwallThe new timetable does not work.
Frank Nicholas AdamJonathan Swift once said “the party is the madness of the many, for the gain of the few”. How true old jest is today!
Lee Rigby, WidnesRe-nationalise the railways.
Jo Humphrey, DarlingtonWhy on earth should it be half the price of the cheapest advance train ticket to drive by car to my destination? Petrol should be taxed and the money used for trains.
Gilbert Fisher, KilmarnockThey should never have been privatised in the first place, as this is a true public monopoly.
Enzo Carrubba, LiskeardIt’s been too long. Time to commit Mr. Miliband.
Thomas Davies, Ross-on-WyeIt is incomprehensible that a national necessity is in the hands of private companies, many of them foreign.
Diana Donoghue, EastbourneAll our services should be re-nationalised, for the people not private profit.
Brian RacherThe public transport system must be attractive enough to leave your car at home, thereby helping to save the planet.
Jack Butterworth, HarrogateWhy not carry out a poll of the East Coast line commuters. Their view should be fairly conclusive.
Alice SavilleThe train ticket lottery is madness, and the obvious lack of true competition between companies is hindering rail transport development.
Phil SimpsonThe private railway is not more efficient. It is interested only in the bottom line, not providing any kind of a service.
Leslie Barrett, RugbyHow many directors and shareholders are taking a cut out of the present arrangements?
Patrick Oakes, BaildonPrivatisation of the railways has proved to be a failure. Re-nationalise now.
Peter Begley, SwindonThey should never have been privatised. Who’s going to pick up the £35billion I wonder? The poor old taxpayer of course.
Nicklas Gaskell, ExeterI believe the golden age of British Rail should be ahead of us, not behind.
Saneet Bhella, LeedsI pay for a cheaper train even though it stops at a further station than the place I need to go to. Logic.
Michael Apostolou, WorthingI am a Londoner, and one of the reasons why I left for the South Coast was because of the disgrace that is public transport. I support re-nationalisation fully.
Paul Bradley, RhylBring back all the profit the shareholders are getting. It can go back into investing or reducing fares as they go up a bomb every year.
Andree Mehew, LondonBecause it’s the best.
Julia Coryton, SouthwarkPrices of train fares are ridiculous. I hate the 4 hours of standing on an extremely overcrowded train to see my family so much so that I rarely see them anymore.
John Porter, FranceWe used to live in Staffordshire and hope to return to UK next year. We’re appalled at what Tory doctrinaire policies have done to UK railways.