Luca Bickers, BrightonI believe that companies like Southern should not be allowed to steal our money.
Jane Morris, BedfordBritish Rail should never have been privatised in the first place.
Tim Newman, BristolThe rail system is a number of broken monopolies and not competitive. This is for the public good, it should be treated as such.
Steven Powell, LondonEnough of the inefficient, overcharging chancers.
Phil SimpsonAll the train companies employ an army of people whose sole purpose is to argue about the attribution of delays – not to improve performance, just to save money.
Susannah Hervey, BillericayService needs to come before private profit.
Wendy Rowland, DevizesBritain has fallen behind on public transport. We need to provide a fair, affordable transport network to get the cars off the roads.
Emily Townsend, LondonIt’s not difficult to see the parallels between the current privatisation of the NHS and what was done to the railways over the space of 20 years.
Michael Armstrong, ThirskThe privatisation of BR was a politically motivated scorched earth policy. It provides very bad value for taxpayers and should be reversed.
Esme Zarins, NewburyIt was so much better before privatisation.
Tania Tucker, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation has failed. Poor service poor value – need I say more! Also as an example East Coast mainline was fantastic last time it was put back under state control.
Chris Mills, IpswichAll East Anglian train licensees have been a dirty, late, packed-trains nightmare for years. Re-nationalisation is the only answer, and re-open branch lines.
Neil Floate, NottinghamBring back British Rail. Lower costs and more passengers means more money to re-invest back in our railways.
Imelda Havers, YorkPrivatisation of British Rail network has been a disaster for travellers and taxpayers. Build on the success of East Coast line and make our network public again.
Callum Thomas, LondonTo continue as we are now is destructive. Good public transport is a necessity. Parliament has yet to appreciate the importance of cheap public transport.
Jamie Bolam Scott, NottinghamThis is long overdue. Even the Conservatives in many quarters agree that nationalisation is now the only way forward. Let’s get it back in public ownership and fix it.
Chris Henwood, BrightonThe sooner the better.
Anthony Thorley, SittingbourneOld BR – poor management. New services – bad management plus greed – any thing for profit.
Andrew French, CaldicotThe franchises are just a way for the rich to become richer.
Robert Jones, BirminghamService not profit.
Ethan Storey, ChichesterGet rid of Southern.
Brian RacherIn an ideal world we would have an integrated transport system. Simple, straightforward and easy to reach your destination.
Trev Davis, GloucesterThis would stop us being ripped off by all the different train companies and the profits staying in this country.
Lindesay Irvine, LondonAs the chronic chaos and mismanagement (not to mention the costly subsidy from public funds) shows, there is an unanswerable case for a re-nationalised rail service.
Jon Smith, BristolTrain fares are way too overpriced.
Angelo Servini, Haywards HeathLate trains, missed connections daily. There must be a better way. Expensive fares, yet taxpayers have to subsidise their dividends.
Vince Crosby, Newton AycliffeThe only way to move forward is to take it back into public ownership where the users are the shareholders.
Nick Athorne, ColchesterGetting it back on track.
Philip Stonehouse, SheffieldThere should be a national free integrated public transport service, and all long distance freight should be by train only. Funded by the taxpayer, for the taxpayer.
Luke Bristow, BasildonC2C commuter, crowded expensive rubbish.