Alan Frost, EastbourneTrain fares should be reduced when bus replacement service is in operation and notification of why it has been necessary.
Darren Rafferty, SheffieldPrivatisation hasn’t worked and the debt is even bigger than British Rail ever had.
Hugh Ellis, MaldonThe privatisation was a greedy and doctrinaire disaster. Give us back our railways.
Stuart Moir, FileyEvery privatisation I have seen has failed and has ended up with a more expensive, less efficient, worse service for the people, whilst lining the pockets of a select few.
John Kane, LeedsGet organisations which favour the travellers not big business.
George Tuck, GatesheadLike may privatised national assets, the service went down and prices up to satisfy the fat cats and to hell with customers.
John Brunton, LondonWhen New Labour welched on its promise to re-nationalise in 1997, I knew something had gone wrong. It’s time to see the railways benefit people again.
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.
Brendan McNally, MiddlesbroughBring back British Rail.
Julian Self, Milton KeynesOur infrastructure is too vital to be used for short-term capital gain.
Dave McGough, LeedsLets have all the train operating companies back under one umbrella, and that is British Rail’s umbrella.
Noah Law, LostwithielIf we can run a service not for the profit of a few but for the good of the people then why not? The train operating companies are not genuinely competitive anyway.
Jenny Merriman, Melton MowbrayThe Fat Cats have gorged and satiated themselves out of the pockets of hard working people for long enough.
Paul BrightWe must rebuild our country’s economy and to do this we need a fully integrated and affordable public transport system centred on the British railways.
Matt Williams, WaterloovilleBring back British Rail.
Kevin Mulhall, NewarkI am ex BR retired (ill health) supervisor who lost my job because of the Iron Lady.
Anthony Hook, ChesterfieldBritish Rail was originally financed by the British taxpayer. It should be owned again by the British taxpayer.
Balwinder Singh, LeicesterBring back British Rail.
Gill Haggie, RotherhamWe need a joined-up rail network with fair working conditions for all employees.
Catherine Crosby, BuxtonPrices are ridiculous and the service would just work better if it was run as a whole.
Peter Gunn, GlasgowWe are the users. It was ours. Please return it.
Catherine Matthews, EnfieldPublic ownership in public interest. Choose service over parasitic private sector profits.
Stuart Thomson, GlasgowI actually use the train more in Holland than the UK. It is terrible to think that the Dutch trains are so efficient because they are subsidised by their running UK trains.
Simon Morris, Potters BarAs a commuter I’m sick and tired of being robbed blind every January. Plough the profits back into the service, not shareholders’ pockets.
Pete Jackson, PrestonTransport is a public necessity that is being leeched by the rail companies. Privatisation has failed to produce economies so it’s time to call it quits. Re-nationalise now.
Steve Goodman, WellingboroughRe-nationalise not just the railways, but the electricity, gas and water suppliers as well.
Simon Coulton, BradfordLet’s get back to a rail network that was the best in the world. Look at other countries as models for what we should be aiming for.
AlexIn order to have a fully integrated transport system, we also need to bring back the National Bus Company!
Shirley Stott, BrighousePublic Transport should be owned and managed by the public, for the public as a public service and always on a not-for-profit basis.
Douglas Jerry, CramlingtonRe-nationalisation is the best way to solve the problem of soaring rail prices and poor service levels. Remove the profit-orientated approach and provide a superb service.