Howard Sanders, CrawleyThis situation is inefficient and costly. West Coast would be better off in state hands.
Shahin Sharabyani, LondonRail transport is too important to leave to penny-pinching private companies. If it wasn’t, why are we spending so much taxpayer money on HS2?
Daniel Holt, ClimpingLet the people make the decisions!
Joe Shaw, ManchesterWe need to take back what is collectively ours and run it for the collective good and profit as a nation, for us and for our visitors, not just for the 1% who profit from us.
AntI lived in SE London for a long and happy time and used BR quite a lot on the way into town. Never was I late or felt unsafe. Privatising is a huge mistake. British Rail forever.
James McDonnell, NottinghamA rail network, run for the people, owned by the people.
Chris Crossley, SheffieldI agree that we the people need to take it back from private ownership.
Leslie Barrett, RugbyHow many directors and shareholders are taking a cut out of the present arrangements?
Nigel Powis, CoventryMake rail travel affordable to the masses.
Chris and Rosemary Staddon, NottinghamOur rail network needs coherence which is not possible with too many privatised bits
Linda Ferguson, Newcastle-upon-TyneAt least transport and the NHS should be re-nationalised.
Andy Padgham, LondonBR wasn’t great but at least their heart was in the right place.
Laurence Lea, HerefordWhat could I say that would be repeatable?
Paul BrightWe should reintegrate the railways with bus and sea travel, so that British Rail can offer seamless travel from Europe to all parts of the UK.
Mike FriendWe need a railway system that does not suffer from constant interference from transport secretaries who have no knowledge of railways or indeed transport.
Alison Hosler, ExeterLet’s face it, rail privatisation didn’t work.
Catherine Cooper, MelkshamBring the railways back into public ownership and stop putting taxpayers’ money into private pockets.
Sven Hanson, BrightonThe money earned from an integrated system should be used to invest in government and the railways themselves instead of lining the pockets of shareholders.
Martin Davison, ChesterfieldRe-nationalising our railways is the most cost-effective and operationally efficient thing to do. Private monopolies only work for the shareholders – not the customers.
Stephen Davis, BristolI fully agree. Overpriced and complicated. It costs more to go to London than it does to fly to Spain. Profit of BR goes back into the country and not into private hands.
Phil SimpsonAll the train companies employ an army of people whose sole purpose is to argue about the attribution of delays – not to improve performance, just to save money.
Sonia Heaven, SouthamptonRail transport is a natural monopoly too important to be left to competing short-term franchises.
Mark Clough, BidefordWe need to make rail travel easier and less expensive. A revived British Rail should aim to achieve that.
Rosie Dee, BristolWe as a population have paid for these public institutions. How dare our elected government decide to sell it all off.
Tom MorrisRailways aren’t a market. If I don’t like, say, the London to Bristol train, I can’t choose a different train company. Capitalism without competition is just profiteering.
Robin Ridley, SheffieldPrivatisation – just a massive failure fuelled by greed.
Julia Inch, EnfieldBritish Rail belonged to us before the sell-off and privatisation but we want it back nationalised and belonging to us again.
Adam Tong, KidderminsterMonopolies are illegal in every other form of business – but on the trains that’s fine, let them charge us through the nose for pitiful services that don’t get better.
Paul Houldsworth, YorkPrivate it’s theirs Public it’s ours.
Richard Wells, HullStop ripping off passengers.