Wojciech Simpson, YorkThe government want us to use public transport rather than cars. How is this persuading them to change?
Godfrey Nyandoro, LeedsThe parcelling out of essential services to the private sector should have never been allowed in the first place. The shareholder has one thing and one thing only – profit.
James Leigh, StrathalbynBring back British Railways! Too many public services have been privatised.
Sonia Drewery, LoughboroughEast Coast Line is making money for the country.
Michael Hall, CoventryPeople over profit.
Luke WhaleyIt’s a terribly disjointed and unsatisfactory national rail system, geared not towards public satisfaction but to private profit.
David SterrattBritish Rail was cheaper for taxpayers and for passengers than the current privatised system.
Richard Scott, ChesterThis looks like a wonderful idea.
Penny Jones, LondonOutrageous to have privatised. The rail needed strong reform but not this.
Paul Pennington Marshall, BrightonI’m sick of poor service and profits going to shareholders not back into the service.
Tarquin Gotch, LewesIt could not be worse than Southern Rail.
Joe Wood, LondonOur country should be united by one, fair rail system, run in the interest of the country and not for profit.
Joshua Montague-Munson, LondonA nationalised railway network is the only sustainable future for mass transit in the UK. It would benefit the economy and people in myriad ways.
Brian Watson, RotherhamBring British Rail back under public ownership, and gas and electricity too if you ask me. Power back to the people.
Robert Davison, NewtownardsBring the railways back into public ownership. They are a national asset, not something to be traded and put into the hands of foreign railway operators.
Angus G Bennison, SnodlandThe service is Dickensian and all about profit, not about the quality of service. We the general public are held to ransom by giving Southern Rail another renewed franchise
Ian Stevens, PenzanceIt’s used by the people and should therefore be owned by the people.
Carrie Hedderwick, SheffieldPrivatisation has failed – fragmented services, high fares, health and safety issues, fewer staff and worse to come. No to private profit, Yes to public benefit.
Suki Jones, PortsmouthPublic Transport should be just that, run for the public by the public, but we have got to get it right. The Germans can do it, so why can’t we?
Sarah Carley, LondonIt should never have been privatised. Over priced, badly managed and most profits go abroad.
Andrew Strong, Newcastle-upon-TynePeople not profits in action.
Richard Longhurst, SurbitonWhen British Rail had the railways, things were so much better.
Frank Nicholas AdamBritish Rail ought to be brought back for passenger trains in England, Wales and Scotland.
Pat Campton, HullThese people are ripping off the British public big time. Most of us can no longer afford to go anywhere by train. The pricing system is ludicrously complicated.
Phillip Dunkirk, HarrogateBring back British rail
Michael Davies, GlasgowFor the many not the few.
Paul Wilkins, VerwoodOur rail industry is a strategic asset and should never have been privatised.
Terence Thomson, LlansawelThey should never have been re-privatised. Failure was why it was nationalised in the first place. Every other country in Europe has a great railway system.
Thomas Meyrick, DorsetNice advert on the back of Private Eye.
Chris Johnson, CardiffPrivatisation provides a worse service for a higher price, all for the sake of corporate profit. I say the railways should be for the people, not the fat-cats.