Ian Wallis, PeterleeWe already subsidise them so we might as well have the profit.
Alan Masson, DunbarYet another delayed journey on a network unfit for purpose because it is run for private profit.
Andrew McGill, GosportAll public transport should be nationalised. All utilities should be nationalised. Sadly Labour let us down.
Timi Horwell, LondonSouthwest Trains are horrible.
Peter McCracken, ShrewsburyEnd other governments and countries creaming money off our railways. Re-nationalise and then reopen disused lines.
Mark Smithson, WorksopNot-for-profit and all excesses put back into the service would be the minimum requirement. Better still back into public hands.
Greg Morris, GlenrothesOn train today from Aberdeen to Kirkcaldy and got removed from train at Dundee as train was no longer stopping at stations past Dundee until Edinburgh. Total disgrace.
Pat Thompson, Stoke-on-TrentBeing back British Rail.
Daphne Hibberd-Franks, LeedsWe should be called travellers not customers and the railways should be run for the benefit of us all, not just for shareholders.
Joe Merry, WorcesterBring them back.
Anna Doughty, ConwyPlease bring back the unified system that made so much sense and ran a much better service.
S Nightingale, NottinghamRail travel was and is far more efficient and economical when nationalised. Bring back British Rail.
Ellen Gibson, SwanseaIt may not have been great in the past but it was a hell of lot better then it is now.
Laura Virtanen, TrowbridgeI am disappointed with the service from Trowbridge to Bath which I have just heard will continue for the next four years.
Les Hughes, WakefieldBring back British Rail and sort out this ludicrous mess. Is there anywhere else in the world where ticket prices for the same journey change from day to day?
Stephanie Archer, ManchesterPrivatisation has done nothing for passengers. We are treated abominably and expected to pay huge increases to reward shareholders. It’s not acceptable.
Howard Badder, NottinghamGet it done.
Trevor Murphy, HarlowGive it back.
Lily Wiles, LondonI hate foreign ownership of our trains.
John Rowlinson, Westcliff on SeaPublic service not private profit.
Tony Gale, DerbyRail prices are going sky-high and the service isn’t improving one bit. Privatisation hasn’t worked. Profit shouldn’t be the main motivator in providing a public service.
Leanne Ralston, SeafordBritish Rail should never have been privatised in the first place. Bring back British Rail.
Brian White, DoncasterBring back value for money and a reliable service of yesterday and stop the profit making short cuts of today.
Mark Wainwright, SheffieldEducation, health and transport are all vital to society and should be run for people not profits.
Mark Sawbridge, WolverhamptonThat privatised railways receive 3.5 times the subsidy that British Rail did (even taking account of inflation). It is a national disgrace.
June Thomas, BoltonMaybe if the rail network was privatised again the system would work more efficiently and that could make it cheaper.
Ann Tosta, WakefieldThe railways should be in public hands. It’s supposed to be privatised, yet governments continue to subsidise these companies.
Michael John Freeman, WellingboroughThe only reason that BR didn’t do better than it did (which was reasonable) was that governments spent less on it than they do now.
David Lancaster, YorkRail privatisation has been a disaster and the success of the East Coast mainline service in public ownership shows what can be achieved in the public interest.
Sonya Allen, DerbyAll in favour as long as there is effective leadership genuinely committed to a fair deal for all.