Zaki Hughes, YorkBring back BR, and the great four.
Ethan Storey, ChichesterDown with Southern.
Nicholas Rutter, NorwichI desperately need a decent train service at an adorable price, please, for my marriage’s sake.
Martin Rowlands, WidnesI just hope that the politicians accept that the current system would improve if it was just one company with proper accountability. Gas, electricity and water are the same.
Philip Quinton, AylesburyWhy is it cheaper to travel by car than by train?
Elizabeth Musgrove, MiddlesbroughEast Coast is good and should not be put out to tender when previous contractors have failed. Re-nationalise the system.
John A K Davies, HaverfordwestIt is galling to learn that privatised Arriva Trains Wales is owned by Germany’s state railways.
Mick Rix, NorthumberlandHow can they take away what is rightfully ours in the first place? It’s the same with everything else that has been sold off.
Dale Shanley, BristolFirst are extortionate.
Paul Campbell, LondonThe privatisation of the UK’s rail network has not led to lower fares and better service. Rail companies put shareholders’ dividends before fare-paying customers. BBBR.
Nicholas Noble, ThursoGiven the abject failure of this experiment, it really is time to stop making the wealthy wealthier with public subsidy and run the railway for all of us.
Colleen Townsend, AylesburyPlease re-nationalise the railways and make them as efficient as East Coast Trains.
Jim Mayes, BlythTake our railway out of the hands of greedy and corrupt businessmen and return it to us.
Connor Nunn, ManchesterI’ve travelled on rail for years and I’ve seen a huge decline in the service. I can never get a seat and the fact of the price is a joke!
James Kirk, BirminghamIncrease after increase after increase and we are left with a sub-par service where only the rich owners benefit.
John Yarnell, NottinghamWe need a unified rail system where one, public, not-for-profit owner manages the whole system – i.e. trains, track signalling, scheduling etc.
Susan Cox, LondonIt worked better before, quite simply.
Kev Kirkham, Stoke-on-TrentA good idea.
Jacqueline Wilson, Herne BayRail needs to be subsidised by the government. Prices have become ridiculous when compared to incomes, and inflation. As a tax payer I feel, used and abused.
Mander Semmens, IslingtonWe are losing bits or England (London) every year.
Frank Bainbridge, NorwichWouldn’t it be great if Government listened to sense? It’s not a free market, I can’t choose which train I take to work and private companies simply extract profit.
Abby Sullivan, LondonPublic transport should be in public hands. Our taxes shouldn’t be going to private corporations to make profit for them: they should go towards a better service.
Nick Shelley, NottinghamHow absurd to break up an integrated organisation and sell it to private companies and to other state railway companies.
Elizabeth Rickard, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe East Coast proves it can work.
Peter Van Stratten, CardiffNothing state owned should ever have been sold.
Elliott Clark, CrawleyPublic ownership for public services.
Jill Green, OxfordPlease do it now. You must know it makes sense.
Neville HarwoodIt has been a long time coming and at last the politicians are starting to listen to the public. It’s been long overdue in my opinion.
Greg Davies, SloughRail services should not be left to the mercy of shareholders. We need to re-nationalise for the benefit of all commuters.
A Paterson, ShropshirePeople need trains and they should be run for them and not for the profit of shareholders.