Mia Carr, GlasgowPrivatisation has caused all costs across the board to rise beyond affordable.
Alan Marsden, PenrithThis is an idea whose time has come.
Murray Sackwild, WareWe had one of the greatest railway networks in the world and it’s been broken up purely for private profit. It’s time to put it back together again.
Geoff Merchant, LancasterMilliband, remember what the Labour Party is about.
Ian Oage, BristolThe only way to save the railways and to have a safe and cost-effective transport network.
Sean Fairbrother, WarringtonNo more profits before people.
Liz Palmer, TamworthBring back a railway system we can be proud of.
Alison Parker, EnfieldAs a First Capital Connect victim, I fully support your aims.
Carolyn Eaves, HastingsThomas the Tank Engine would do better. Chris Grayling – for goodness sake, get a grip.
Andrew Foulds, LeicesterDue to the crazy price increases in recent years, far outstripping my wage rises, rail travel is simply not a viable alternative to my car for commute or leisure.
Jack Plumb, ColchesterProgress hasn’t been made with privatisation, just big mistakes like the Virgin franchise. BR was when we had and are going to get real progress.
Robert Woodhead, LeedsIt’s about time it should be for the people not run for private profit.
Patricia Wormald, SheffordOur rail network should not be a profit-motivated organisation.
Chris Wilkinson, HorburyAs a train driver, I believe we should go not back to the old BR but a new BR investing profits back into our railways.
Jim McClew, WashingtonPrivatisation of the railways has proved to be as ridiculous and impracticable a notion as it always appeared. It’s time to go back to common sense.
Steven McGovern, GlasgowEnd the rip-off prices.
Edward Moss, ManchesterAll privatisation does is create multimillionaires at taxpayers’ expense. Halting direct services because they encroach on other franchise areas is a disgrace.
Lawrence Hall, BrightonThe railways are a public service and a monopoly and should be funded for the common good out of general taxation, but effectively managed and overseen.
John Tucker, BrixhamI’ve just returned from train travel through France, Italy and Switzerland and Eurostar. I then went from Paddington to Newton Abbot by First Great Western – oh dear, shameful.
James Scott, HullBring back British Rail.
George Sanderson, LeicesterBring back British Rail.
Robbie Rudge, Glaston, RutlandBring it back into public ownership right now. If the East Coast services can do it, the rest of the network can. Public transport for the public.
Caroline Dumonteil, LondonEvidence shows that the privatised rail system here is not serving the public interest. It costs far more, is inefficient and deeply disliked by most people in the UK.
Stew Baddiley, KempstonSoon.
Ken Howe, HexhamIf the East Coast mainline can make money for the government, so can all the others.
Nicholas Brierley, LondonFirst stop: prevent re-privatisation of East Coast Mainline.
Dorothy Chambers, LincolnI agree John Major had no right to sell it off.
Andrew Moody, WarringtonService not profit.
Peter Gillon, Sowerby BridgePrivatisation has been a disaster for the railways. We subsidise it more now than when it was publicly owned.
Howard Shaw, PrestonIt should never have been privatised.