Colin Dye, Stanstead Abbotts, WareOne of the main reasons I took early retirement from my job as a train driver was privatisation. Profits now come before safety, in my opinion.
Alex Wood, LondonRail services are already subsidised by the taxpayer. Let’s cut out the middleman; the one that is making the profit.
Stuart Flude, DurhamWe simply must fight for a better life.
Sue Budd, FalmouthI miss British Rail.
Robbie Rudge, Glaston, RutlandBring it back into public ownership right now. If the East Coast services can do it, the rest of the network can. Public transport for the public.
Neil Sheehan, MerseysideWe need a railway system to be proud of, which can once again become the envy of the world!
Stephen Reilly, Ashton-under-LyneBring British Rail back into the hands of the people who rightfully own it.
Susan Murphy, NewarkNo more unfulfilled promises of improvements. Nationalise now. People before profits for a change.
Philip Sutton, Gateshead,Britain has the most expensive railway system in the world because it has been carved up for profit.
Christine Isherwood, MacclesfieldI have watched a well-documented TV series – East Coast railway. It’s a great argument for nationalisation of Britain’s railways, with fulfilled, hard-working employees.
Stuart Bogue, AltonBring back British Rail.
Thomas WestWhy subsidise parasitic bosses when you can subsidise what are supposed to be the public services they sit on?
Sergio Seelochan, NottinghamStop bleeding money to overseas rail companies and use profits to make fares cheaper and the service better.
J Taylor, SwanseaAll rail revenues above cost should go back into the rail network, not fat cats’ pockets.
Aviva Jacobs, LondonI’ve travelled all over Europe by train and the UK’s railways are the most over-priced and contemptuous of the passenger.
Mark Leech, MossleyI use the Northern Rail Huddersfield to Manchester Victoria line. It has an appalling punctuality record, and customer service leaves me frustrated.
Christine King, YorkTake it back to British Rail.
Gareth Ayre, DurhamIt was just better. Sort it out Whitehall.
Stephen McVeigh, LondonI agree that the current system is expensive and deeply flawed.
Donald Hutchison, PenzanceBring back the big blue trains.
Oliver Banks, Shoreham-by-SeaInitially my hatred lay with Southern Rail (before that Connex). Now It lies with the idiotic decision to privatise in the first place. Bring back nationalised services.
Gareth Williams, WenvoeWe need cheaper fares and profits ploughed back into the system. Shareholders should be supporting the system now not the taxpayer, unless we re-nationalise the system.
Brian Bailey, ManchesterPlease stop the private bus companies receiving tax-payers’ money to run all forms of public transport to pay their bosses’ wages and shareholders’ dividends.
Mark Ovington, SaltburnA fully-integrated state-owned public transport system is required please.
Edmund Preston, KinderIt’s long overdue. It’s time to admit mistakes. The French and Germans both have national rail systems as well as buying bits of ours.
Patricia Sever, BirminghamBritish Rail should never have been privatised and, if at all possible, should be re-nationalised
John Raven, EdinburghPrivatisation was driven by WTO in the first place, not for the public good. Rail privatisation was the worst of all. Crazy prosecutions for having wrong tickets.
Jonathan Alder, WenhastonAlthough it is probably bottom of this government’s agenda, for thousands of people the goal of having a railway system run for people as a service is fundamental.
Keith Ward, NottinghamBring back BR and bring back the design and manufacture of all trains to the UK as a matter of government industrial policy.
David Robert Grimes, OxfordAs a non-UK national living in the UK, I am shocked and disgusted at the outlandish prices and dreadful service UK customers are subjected to.