Margaretha Galt, CambridgeWe pay six times as much as Europe. We need a nationalised railway now.
Peter Van-Stratten, CardiffJust bring back BR. It was so much nicer and easier to deal with and, being state-owned, you knew where you were.
Robert Powell, Stockton-on-TeesStop rail companies avoiding tax here while shipping rail profits and taxpayer subsidies abroad. East Coast line is a great example of what public ownership can do.
Dennis Bridges, LondonDo I need to explain why bringing the train network back in house is a good thing? Surely the greedy mismanagement of the private sector has already done it.
Adrian Barker, PaisleyWhy sell off our country’s infrastructure?
C Haines, LondonThe lines destroyed by Beeching must be reinstated, and the entire system ring-fenced from all banking influence and run as a not-for-profit public service.
David Drew, RickmansworthPrivatisation was a botched ideological part of roll-back the state, John Major’s attempt to go where Maggie did not. Other countries saw that it was folly and did not.
Rafal Drozdowski, ChelmsfordTicket price is a theft. Do something about it.
Mark Stokes, PeterboroughThey should be owned by the employees, like John Lewis.
Timothy BaldwinWe need a railway that is publicly owned and internationally integrated so we can get rid of the obstructive security rules for the Channel Tunnel.
Ian Fincher, LondonThe rail industry needs to be back in the hands of the public purse and not the money-making private sector.
Derek Auty, Normanton.All our major commodities – gas, electricity, water and transport, should never leave the government’s hands. This just leads to the public’s loss of ownership.
Caroline Aperguis, NottinghamWe want a joined-up service that is not about companies competing to make huge profits from the passengers who have no choice in how they travel.
Michael Keirl, SunderlandThis is an essential and common sense idea.
Margaret Ritchie, High Peak, DerbyshireReturn to a national railway, not the piecemeal services we have. Integrated, holistic view of railway services, improve the desperate experience of many commuters.
Jim Cragg, DerbyProfit adds to the price of a ticket.
Glyn Littlewood, BarnsleyIt just makes sense.
Pamela Durham, PontefractLet’s put people ahead of profit.
William Hood, Port TalbotService for all before profit for a few
U. Monad, LondonBring back British Rail to the people and fine and imprison all those who have stolen taxpayers’ money.
Graham Kingdon, TruroPrivatisation is a modern disgrace.
Richard Care, LeedsBring it back for the people.
Andy Meikle, BexleyheathAny profits should be ploughed back into the business – not shared out amongst already fat fat-cats,
Pete Northcott, CambridgeThe first of many re-nationalisation processes, I hope.
Philip Sutton, Gateshead,Britain has the most expensive railway system in the world because it has been carved up for profit.
Dave Blackwell, Holmer GreenLiving in Texas USA at the moment, but looking forward to coming back to a re-nationalised system.
Michael Harvey, East GrinsteadPrivate companies never have the service at the top of priorities. It’s profits that rule. The divide grows.
Kieran Wardle, LondonI believe that infrastructure vital to a nation should be owned and run by (and for) that nation, not for private profit.
Adrian Uden, LondonThe current service is terrible at best and getting progressively worse. The only conclusion can be that sufficient investment is not being made. EU outperforms UK.
Mark Johnson, CambridgePrivatisation is theft.