Christopher Barry, NorwichWe have one of the most integrated networks of track in the world and it only makes sense to have a national operator.
Kenny Brown, Fort WilliamPublic transport should be in public hands.
Elaine Barraud, GodalmingOur rail system should be run purely for public service as it is in a lot of other European countries.
Vanessa Bowen, HarrogateI believe that railways should be run for the people and not for private profit. This is such an important service and decisions should be made in the interests of the public.
Mary Lloyd, SouthamptonThe privately franchised rail service is making it impossible for people in the South to get to London by train. We need nationalised rail now.
Roger Theaker, LiverpoolPrivatisation has been a disaster for passengers and a bean feast for rail companies.
June Diamanti, Tyne and WearI cannot believe other countries can deliver a good rail service and we cannot, but we readily tolerate appalling service as a matter of course in the UK.
Glyn Howard, CroydonThe rail network should be owned by us.
Lesley Ward, ManchesterThe trains are old, dirty and late or cancelled.
Angus G Bennison, SnodlandThe service is Dickensian and all about profit, not about the quality of service. We the general public are held to ransom by giving Southern Rail another renewed franchise
Ted Hammond, DaventryI am totally against train operators’ high pricing, which still doesn’t guarantee a comfortable seat.
Harald Dahle, AbingdonInfrastructure utilities should be publicly funded and accountable to their users, not to their shareholders.
Brian Wilkinson, HarrogateI want to see an end to days where travelling on trains causes anxiety because employees treat passengers as potential cheats rather than decent citizens.
Stephen Bellamy, HarrogateThe railways should be re-nationalised as they can be run far more efficiently with more profits to the state and less subsidies costing the taxpayer.
Derrick Martin, HornchurchServices were much better and cheaper under BR.
Andrew Wapshott, CroydonBritish Rail needed investment, not to be sold off. The government have let the public down.
Jennifer Oatley, DevizesOur railway is not a service but a travesty. As usual it’s only about money and not about service.
Robert Goodman, LeedsPublic ownership proves it can work, run correctly.
Robert Knox, SheffieldBring it back! Private rail is a racket.
Julie Wilkinson, StockportFor the sake for of the environment, and because the railways should be a service not a money machine.
John Levers, LondonThe rail network is an essential national asset and part of the country’s infrastructure. It should not be run for profit and shareholders, but for the people of UK.
Christopher Worthington, PrestonI’m a student and I am so tired of being exploited by companies who want my money and feel they have no obligation to give people the transport service they deserve.
Margaret Crisp, EdinburghThey should never have been sold off to greedy private companies who have ripped off the travelling public ever since.
Paul Hebden, LeedsThe current railways are terrifying.
Alex Stocker, BristolEnough profiteering, let’s get our social railway back and serve the people who really need it, as well as those who choose to.
Adam Shelley, Tunbridge WellsRail companies have under-invested for far too long.
Peter Jones, CambridgeFirst Capital Connect are always delayed and over-priced.
Martin Price, Rowlands GillFare-payers and taxpayers alike are currently subsidising rail operators’ profits. Look at the East Coast to see how much better trains run in public ownership.
Helene Roberts, CardiffPublic transport should be affordable and not based on profit.
Sion Hughes, LlanerchymeddIt’s about time our railway was taken back from privateers. The farce has gone on for far to long.