Terry Piper, AltrinchamEast Coast proves that the railways can make money without private companies who have no incentive to make real improvements to services, just profits.
Aaran McCarthy, WarringtonBring it back.
Leon Maurice-Jones, LondonIt should never have been stolen from us in the first place.
Andrew Dolan, PeterboroughRail fares increase, subsidies higher than ever, privatisation in its current form is abysmal.
Phil SimpsonThe private railway is not more efficient. It is interested only in the bottom line, not providing any kind of a service.
John Walker, BradfordPeople, not profit.
Joe Kelly, CambridgeThe railway should be run for the good of the UK, not shareholder dividends.
Mark Clough, BidefordWe need to make rail travel easier and less expensive. A revived British Rail should aim to achieve that.
Michele Webber, ColchesterNational travel should be cheap and affordable and subsidised by government. The gains to the economy would more than pay for it in my opinion.
Paul Jeffries, KentSoutheastern to go.
Mark Arnold, LondonI suffer using the Thameslink driver-only service, with no on-board announcements, and I consider this dangerous. Trains consistently delayed/cancelled due to broken trains.
Linda Ringrose, NottinghamThe train is my favourite form of transport but now I’m retired train travel is a luxury that is becoming one I cannot afford.
Michael McPate, MansfieldIt should never have been privatised in the first place. People before profit. Bring back steam. Think of the jobs created within the coal industry and reopen the pits.
Cheryl Jones, SheffieldGovernments in other countries recognise the value of public ownership of railways. The Labour Party should make it their policy.
Brandon High, RoystonUrgent public ownership of the railway system must be a priority.
Chris Moon, BridgwaterNo public service should be run for private profit as it can never serve people’s interest.
Thomas Davies, Ross-on-WyeIt is incomprehensible that a national necessity is in the hands of private companies, many of them foreign.
Jessica Gale, NottinghamThis is our railway. It should be run as a service and not profit going into private hands.
Ken Ormston, CramlingtonNo to HS2. Money to North, Northeast rail to the South not the other way round.
John Ward, BirminghamThese railway companies are rubbish. Definitely bring back British Rail.
Sarah Williams, FavershamHere we have HS1, which is great if you want to go to St Pancras, but our other services have been downgraded and, of course, HS costs more.
Peter Carbines, Sutton, SurreyBring back the Big Four at least.
P Stone, LondonService.
Zoe Pearson, ExmouthSave our railways.
Jacqueline Zylinski, HerefordMajor hated national rail and privatised it to pay profits to investors and companies. It is an expensive failure for taxpayers and users. Re-nationalise it.
James York, EdinburghThis week’s announcement that the East Coast rail network has returned £1billion to the taxpayers’ purse should be a nail in the coffin for the madness of privatisation.
AlexIn order to have a fully integrated transport system, we also need to bring back the National Bus Company!
Jo Havell, TelfordSort out the mess.
Tobias Abse, LondonThe railways are getting worse and worse under private ownership.
Barry Edwards, HatfieldThe return to BR is indisputable when the obscene amount of money siphoned off to the chosen few is taken into account.