Premkumar Ramayen, WokingThe current service is awful and always rising the cost even when inflation is nullified. All they care about is profit and filling up the shareholders’ pockets.
Steve Tolton, HockleyI would like to see our railways supported more effectively by our government to reflect the critical role railways play economically and socially.
Mitul Gohil, LutonPlease get rid of Thameslink.
James Hardwick, Long EatonEnd the grabbing shareholder scams, and the ludicrous way bus companies try to run the railway.
Donal Shea, LondonThe political party willing to take this action will have a powerful example of how they are resisting the idea of profit for the few over the welfare of the many.
M Smith, LeedsWhy should we give billions to companies to run railways when we can own it and make a profit for the nation.
Ken Dixon, Harare, ZimbabweDe-privatisation and de-Beeching essential to the nation.
John Armstrong, CarlisleYou the taxpayer are paying for it so that the fat cats can get their free cream. You might as well own it too.
Ben Smith, PontypriddBring back British Rail. Not for profit and make the British railways the most efficient in the world. We have a lot of catching up to do – way behind lots of nations.
Geraldine Wright, Newcastle-upon-TyneRails should be run for the people, not for profits. Privatising the UK rail network is another way of squeezing wealth out of the British public.
Paul Ratcliffe, SheffieldSince privatisation the railways have gone from bad to worse. They are now run as a profit-maker for investors rather than as a public service.
Krien Scarfe, RayleighI just hate the way I subsidise the European state-owned railways through their owning our train operating companies and keeping the profits.
Michael O’Brien, ManchesterIt’s funny we subsidise European rail through the foreign companies running our railway system. We also give them tax payers’ money.
Nick Shelley, NottinghamHow absurd to break up an integrated organisation and sell it to private companies and to other state railway companies.
Mark Tibbutt, WorcesterIt must happen now.
Nigel Holmes, HullThere is no logical reason not to return the railways to public ownership, run like a business, to keep tickets economical and benefit the travelling public.
Karen Nolan, StockportI’m sick of everything run for profit, what about service to the people of this country who pay for everything through their taxes but get nothing except cuts in return?
Malcolm Davison, GatesheadAn eminently sensible idea. The whole privatisation thing has been a fiasco.
David Cairns, BlandfordIt was never theirs to sell.
Daniel Northover, LiverpoolNot for profit public services.
Marion Wallwork, NottinghamWe need a national rail system which has the needs of passengers at heart rather than those of shareholders.
John Tucker, BrixhamI’ve just returned from train travel through France, Italy and Switzerland and Eurostar. I then went from Paddington to Newton Abbot by First Great Western – oh dear, shameful.
Margaret Al-Rekabi, NottinghamWhen British Rail was in existence the price of a journey was set. 1st and 2nd class. Now it is a muddle and many different fares depending on when you book. Not good.
Mark Lauri, ReadingAll profits should go back into the railway not into private investors’ pockets. Railways should be subsidised and for the people not the wealthy.
Paul Sheeky, CreweIt’s a national service, so it’s obviously going to be more efficient to run it nationally.
Mayur MehtaWe need one standard fare, whether you buy in advance or on the platform just before the train or on the train from a ticket collector.
Scott Free, SaltaireBring back British Rail or I have to put up with a pathetic service.
Chris Tradgett, Whitley BayWe need to be retaining the profits for the benefits of British passengers rather than foreign owners’ shareholders.
Ali Newton, WarminsterIt’s about time that railways become publicly owned, to keep control of the cost and we massively need to improve the quality and culture of travelling.
James Abbott, WithamA railway owned by the public and run for the public – that is what we want.