Alex Kashko, EdinburghTransport is infrastructure and should be handled on a no-profit basis by government.
Keith Gunstone, MachynllethStop HS2 and spend the money on improving regional lines.
Steve Young, WinchesterIt’s a no brainer. You can’t have an integrated state transport policy without state ownership of the infrastructure.
Eddie Klos, SheffieldHow can a fragmented service serve the needs of the UK? Co-ordination and integration of all public transport services is what is required, not mindless competition
Andy Maltby, CambridgeBritain’s railways should be publicly owned and operated for the benefit of the country and not for shareholders.
Kieran Fitzsimons, Newcastle-upon-TyneRailways massively supported the war effort but were never adequately recognised or rewarded in the 20th century. They are a public service.
Corinne Moore, NewarkEast Coast Trains is a shining example of public sector rail being both profitable and efficient.
Anthony Vann, HolmfirthPrivatisation rarely works. Services best run centrally get broken up and become innately inefficient. Worse, the government tries to absolve itself of responsibility.
Richard Royle, LancasterNo state subsidies for private operators to get rich at our expense.
Bernard Fraser, Thorne, DoncasterWe used to lead now we can’t even follow.
Mark Estkowski, ManchesterI despise those managers. I want to buy a ticket from a human being.
John Lean, MaidstoneIt is long past the time for our rail network to be returned back to public ownership and to providing reliable, quality service and not just profit.
Diane Clark, SelbyMy husband worked at the carriage works all his life, then had to travel to Wakefield and Slade to keep a job he loved.
Jacqui Jones, ChertseyBritish Rail. It says it in the name. British – and need I say more?
Albert Mitchell, DundeeI think I could get something going in Dundee.
Callum Littlewood, HuddersfieldWhy not?
Cecil Sowden, GatesheadKeep up the good work.
Rebecca Dobson, Tunbridge WellsThe privatisation of the railways was an ideological move by the Tories. Privatisation only works where there is competition but our rail operators have a monopoly.
Antony Hearmon, LondonAll utilities, mail etc. education, services, transport should be apolitical and not run for private profit.
Terri HendersonWe, the tax payer, bought and paid for the trains and tracks. It was never the government’s to sell. We want it back.
Duncan Gold, BirminghamRail privatisation is a disgrace, has been and continues to be. It’s a scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money.
Christine Bainbridge, DurhamIt should never have been privatised.
Louis Loizou, BrightonCancel that ridiculous super-train project – wrong thinking.
Michael KidgellTo get a decent service.
Roger Calvert, NorthallertonI notice how much profit East Coast Lines has made which has not made the slightest impact on Government thinking because privatisation is purely ideological.
Robert Brister, ChipperfieldStop privatisation. It’s killing the country and filling the pockets of rich people.
Malcolm Davison, GatesheadAn eminently sensible idea. The whole privatisation thing has been a fiasco.
Stuart Jeffery, MaidstoneBring BR back and invest in it properly. Public transport should be for public service not private profit.
Dave Audin, BarnsleyThese greedy rail companies are squeezing everything they can out of the public whilst putting nothing in to make it better and are killing our railways. Bring Back British Rail.
Jill Jerram, LondonI don’t approve of private profit-seeking for public institutions.