Adam Tong, KidderminsterMonopolies are illegal in every other form of business – but on the trains that’s fine, let them charge us through the nose for pitiful services that don’t get better.
Luke Sampson, EdinburghI am Scottish, but I use English rail a lot. Prices are unreasonable and efficiency is nil compared to ScotRail. Bring back British Rail!
Hannah James, NottinghamStop privatising national rail.
Sam Page, MarlboroughWe are campaigning to restore the railway line to Marlborough.
Graham Potter, StevenageThis current rail system has gone to pot and is very expensive. Bring back BR now.
Chris Hoade, CardiffAnd bring back BR blue too.
Adam Anderson, SheffieldLet’s get rid of this farce of free market idealism gone too far. The person buying the ticket has no choice but to add to the profits of the local monopoly.
Sterghios Moschos, LondonNot all services work when privatised. The economics and performance of the rail network in Britain prove that. The same applies to water and power.
Mike Barnard, RetfordWhy give the profits to management buy-out teams?
George Tuck, GatesheadLike may privatised national assets, the service went down and prices up to satisfy the fat cats and to hell with customers.
Timothy Hodgson, BirkenheadThe railways must be brought back into public ownership.
Janet Morley, YorkIt’s the only sensible action.
Tony Atkin, GranthamI fully agree.
Kenneth Mudd, GuisboroughEast Coast mainline runs at a profit, so why not run them all?
Mary Keenan, ParboldThe left and right hands need to be unified. At the moment neither knows how many fingers are on the other hand, or even on their own.
Don & Joan Cox, MiddlesbroughDon’t throw a profit-making line away, or give it away.
Sheila Cavers, East LintonBring rail services back into public ownership.
Barney Cantrell, GlasgowYes please.
Derek Staton, Crouch EndWe have the most expensive and crowded system in Europe. It’s unfair and only benefits the shareholders who abdicate responsibility when there are problems.
Dave Taylor, ManchesterRailways are a vital service for the country, and must all be in public ownership.
Steven White, HullGreat Campaign. I fully support its ideals The Tories deliberately ran the railways into the ground through lack of funding in order to convince the public to privatise.
Jennifer Parry, Rowlands GillYeah, and let’s have some proper effort to run it right.
Sarah Mason, SittingbourneBritish Rail should never have been privatised. It should be run as a public service for the people not private profit, as should the energy companies.
Helen Edwards, StaffordBring back one system.
Nigel Ball, SheffieldState-run rail systems are efficient and affordable. Try Deutsche Bahn.
Caroline WinnTravel by rail is overly expensive, complicated, frustrating. The service is poor – trains are late on a daily basis – trains are dirty with toilets frequently overflowing.
Jez Hall, St NeotsSlam doors.
Niamh Mulvey, LondonI sign because of daily misery caused by Southeastern railway.
Thomas Freeman, HalesowenPrivatisation is a farce. Fares are too expensive and with deranged, overcrowded, inadequate rolling stock and no integration. Bring Back BR.
Annie Pye, BathTrains are a vital part of our national transport infrastructure which must serve public transport needs across the whole of the country, not private profit-takers.