Rohan Mehra, PurleyWe should look to countries like Japan, Germany and France for ideas on how to run our railways.
Michael Cadoux, YorkEast Coast. Enough said.
Martin Walters, NewportWe need our rails and stations cared for.
John McKinnon, AberdeenMakes good sense.
Jim Seconde, LondonRailways provide a service. Privatised railways do not provide a service. If profit margin percentages are more important, it ceases to be an effective service.
Eliot Humphreys, WrexhamThere is no advantage for the public for the service to remain as profitable and as almost uselessly negligent as it actually is. Paying high for substandard everything.
Simon Rowling, KentPublic transport is not something that should be exploited by private enterprise. Bring back British Rail and give us a proper train service.
Nathaniel Dodd, ChelmsfordRead ‘On the Wrong Line’ by Christian Wolmar. It’s right to Bring Back British Rail.
Barbara Naughton, GorebridgePrivatisation stinks.
Jonathon Bradley, BoltonA unified British Rail is much more preferable to the shoddily-run, profiteering companies we have now.
Jacqui Jones, ChertseyBritish Rail. It says it in the name. British – and need I say more?
Maxwell Lawrence, RedhillThe train service needs to be unified and run for the people not for private profit. I’m fed up with the varied levels of service between train companies.
Tina Comparini, Southampton20 years of above inflation price hikes and I’m travelling in trains, not properly cleaned, with broken dirty toilets.
Gary Clark, ManchesterI use Northern Rail every week and they are the worst company in existence, late near enough every time. The trains themselves are near 30yrs old and in a terrible condition.
Robert Thomas, NortholtIt makes no sense to fragment the railways. It’s been tried by John Major and the experiment failed miserably.
Rachel Parsons, LeicesterPeople not profit.
Peter Da Roche, ManchesterPeople before profit.
Chris Parker, LeedsI’m sick of overcrowded, late trains on my commute to and from work. I have to travel half my journey by bus due to poor connecting trains. Bring back British Rail.
Stephen Peel, RedcarNationalise now.
Jason Whiffin, LondonThis is the most sensible idea I’ve heard in a long while. It’s a natural utility and a public service, for goodness’ sake.
Kathleen Hamilton, North BerwickNationalise British Rail.
Kevin Baker, CoventryIt was better when It was British Rail.
Jack Gouldbourne, SouthamptonThe train companies are thieves, they steal from the young and thrive off the poverty of the country with an increase in demand – we need to put an end to this.
Paul Rex Dando, Shepton MalletThey should be state owned, not private.
Grace Ellen, WhitstableRe-nationalise with no compensation.
Frank Nicholas AdamWe need to reintegrate our railway track and trains into one accountable organisation.
Ian Thornton, PortsmouthSome things shouldn’t be left to an investment gambling ring. The right to travel is one of them.
Antony WoolleyFor too long a rich minority has controlled key parts of our society. First we will get the trains back then all our other basic utilities.
Peter Pearse, Cambridge147% on every pound they put into their business.
Trevor Ellis, DoverLet our state run our railways and not other countries’ nationalised systems. Let the profits go back into the network and not into shareholders’ pockets.