Mark Stokes, PeterboroughThey should be owned by the employees, like John Lewis.
Erica Wimbush, DunbarWhen private train companies fail, they allow public train companies (like East Coast) to step in. What evidence is there that private train companies are best?
John Briddon, SheffieldThe Rail Network should be British, run by an efficient British management such as that controlling the profitable East Coast line.
Steve Lewzey, EdenbridgeThe railways should be run for the good of the user not for private profit
Daniel Cotfas, LondonKill Southern dead.
Jeanne Woodcraft, BerkhamstedI’m fed-up with subsidising this privatisation.
Nick Ingram, NewhavenOur railways are a national disgrace. Put them back in the hands of British Rail and make the government responsible for running it.
Alan Jackson, Dalton-in-FurnessI’d prefer to travel by train but I can’t afford to. The planet can’t afford me to travel by car.
Sean Walker, Glasgow20 years of failure and prices are the most expensive in Europe, to line the pockets of greedy fat cats. No more. Let’s run this for the people by the people to benefit all.
Marek Gabrysch, NewcastleCan I have my train set back please?
David SommervilleThere are plenty of surplus ex-British Rail carriages that could be overhauled. This would represent a service improvement at minimal cost.
Brian Major, KnebworthAll public utilities should be nationalised, starting with the railways.
Thomas Wilson, GravesendTaxpayers paid for it and we pay the MPs, yet they want to sell everything for profit.
Judith Stockwell, KetteringGive the railways back to the people.
Livia Najman, SuttonPrivatisation hasn’t worked.
Colin Rolfe, ChelmsfordThis needs to be back in the public sector. Why should tax payers keep bailing out these companies and then pay through the nose to line their pockets?
DarrenThe National Rail tagline “Britain’s train companies working together” is quite laughable and out of touch with the railway as it is today.
Michael Spurden, YorkThe privatised fragmentation of British Rail cannot be called other than a total and unmitigated disaster. It has cost us dearly, in money and in lives.
David Callaghan, Kingston-upon-HullRe-nationalise British Rail.
Michael Bolsover, TrefriwTfL boast of their not-for-profit status. The rest of us deserve a not-for-profit service too.
Matthew McGee, WarringtonRail privatisation has been a calamity for the travelling public. It is well past time for this scam to be brought to an end. Bring back British Rail.
Susan O’Brien, LancasterProfiteering from our infrastructure might be good for the profiteers but is not good for consumers or that old-fashioned notion of the ‘national interest’.
Lance Dyer, TruroHere in Cornwall our trains to Paddington are, bar one, slower than in British Rail days – and the same HS125s in use!
Andy Lyon, StotfoldEnd the profiteering and bring the core passenger operators back into public ownership.
Gareth Bull, HoveI live in the Southern network area, British Rail cannot come back soon enough.
Steve Higgins, LeedsI support Caroline Lucas’s proposal to take each rail component back into public ownership as franchises finish. East Coast shows how much better it would be.
David Fox, ChesterfieldGet more commercial transport back on the rails and off our roads.
Harry Mander, Westcliff-on-SeaThe fare rises are disgusting.
George Talbot, WatfordHow will capital be raised and serviced and prices set? Should management consult and respect subsidiarity, socialist emulation and more? How will workers be disciplined?
Joe Kelly, CambridgeThe railway should be run for the good of the UK, not shareholder dividends.