Damian Kershaw, WallaseyWhy we as taxpayers and passengers continue to fund private profits with public money is crazy.
Alan Keenan, GlasgowBring all the Rail franchises back into public ownership. Then they’ll be out of the money grabbers and their cash rich benefactors
Joel Metcalf, EpsomNo more bad services and high prices.
Michelle Doidge, WorcesterThey should never have been privatised in the first place as it has now become an inefficient way of running the railway.
Stuart Campbell, WithernseaBring back BR. Reverse the Beeching cuts.
John Campbell, ManchesterReverse this ridiculous example of Tory dogma as soon as possible. The Railtrack fiasco proved how poorly thought out it all was.
Del Hart, CroydonStop profit for fat cats. Give us a reliable and non profit travel system.
C Budzik, LondonBring Back Public Ownership.
Joeri Vanvaerenbergh, Antwerp, BelgiumWe need to re-nationalise the railways in the whole European Union.
Mark Lawrence, AttleboroughRail should be run for the good of the country, not for private profit.
Tim Gomersall, LeedsTime to end this profiteering. Free markets are proving themselves an unsuitable way to run basic public infrastructure, as one would expect when the market is captive.
Conner Jackson, ManchesterJust like every other ‘public’ service, rail has become a bastion for greedy shareholders to claim tax funds as their own piggy bank. It’s disgusting.
Mark Jones, FarnboroughBring back efficiency for people, and remove that for large fat-cat personal profits.
Elaine Walters, LondonMost definitely.
Stephen Barstow, Malvik, NorwayI have stopped using the railways. It’s just too stressing an experience at all stages from booking to travelling.
Tom TibbitsBring back the railway as a national asset for national advantage – it needs us.
David Marsh, Southend-on-SeaNetwork Rail is already public-owned. Bring back the rest to the public, at least it would benefit from the comparative simplicity of being run by one organisation.
Angie Jukes, WarringtonI am a passenger not a customer.
Marcello Gabrielli, DerbyshireThe railways have gone nothing but down hill since the privatisation of British Rail.
Veronica Haines, LlanelliThe network should be rationalised and expanded.
Ian Stewart, HastingsHastings Trades Council is organising day trips to Eastbourne, Hastings and Lewes to put our Bring Back British Rail arguments at every station spectacularly. Join us!
Karen Walker, IlkestonI miss travelling by train but I simply cannot afford it. Privatisation only works for the few. Re-nationalisation is the only way to save the network and make it affordable.
Ian Hamilton, BramptonI think the cost of travelling by rail is enough comment.
Dominic McCabe, PooleThe SNCF is superb but put together in such a way that it cannot be used as a political pawn and underfunded.
David Solomons, SaleThe privatisation was a mistake in the first place. Railways are for people, not investors.
Stephanie Lemmon, KentMoney, money, money and greed. That’s all it is. Exploiting those who don’t have any other choice but to travel by train.
James Banville, WokingAs usual all the profits going to shareholders, with users left with dangerously crowded trains with tickets at criminal prices.
John Lee, TauntonRailways are an essential part of an integrated transport system and should be owned and run by the country, for the country.
Malcolm Pender, GlasgowPrivatisation has been an expensive disaster for the taxpayer.
Marc Evans, CardiffThe present system has left Wales with unintegrated services, no national routes, second class at best but at worst and most often, shamefully inadequate. Copy Glas Cymru.