Ken Kirk, BrightonWe have the most subsidised railway and the highest fares – all to feed private profit. That’s madness.
Louis Loizou, BrightonCancel that ridiculous super-train project – wrong thinking.
Stephen Baxter, GlasgowThis is self explanatory.
Rebecca Devitt, SouthamptonRe-nationalise the railways and stop creaming off a profit for people wealthy enough not to need it.
Alan Campbell, BalernoRail privatisation has been a disaster except for a few company directors and other major shareholders.
Desiree Muller, LondonBring back British Rail. All is forgiven.
Peter Jackson, BungayWe spend less per head than any country in Europe on our rail network. It is about time we got a proper public service so we can get people off the roads.
Cliff Davies, Rhondda ValleyGreedy train operating companies who at the time of privatisation bought £10 notes for a fiver and set the tone for future privatisations, e.g. The Royal Mail.
Sue Macfadyen, HaddingtonWe need a rail service that is not at the mercy of profiteering companies.
David FairclothThere are thousands of people who support the idea of having an integrated, publicly owned and operated railway.
Emma Kane, StockportIt would be wonderful if Britain was proud again of its rail network and led the world rather than lagged behind. The only way it works is one company i.e.. government
Anne Johns, DerbyCutting out the middleman profits and ploughing them back into the service makes total sense. £4m of public money to a private company does not..
Alison Damant, BradfordThey should never have been de-nationalised in the first place.
John Patrick Connolly, Saltburn by the SeaThe best rail service in the UK is the East Coast line, and that’s state-run.
Daniel Cotfas, LondonKill Southern dead.
Peter Little, DurhamVirtually all privatised rail profits have gone to shareholders. Very little re-investment. Such as it has been, it is the British taxpayer who supplied it.
David Dow, AtherstonePrivatisation of our British services is a vile crime against the people of this country. Re-nationalise and run the railways as not-for-profit, to serve us all fairly.
Chris Jones, LetchworthBritish Rail, though cash-starved, was actually very efficient. Rail costs after privatisation are running at 20% above inflation.
Linda Combi, YorkOf the many British institutions gradually being eroded by private ownership, an affordable and integrated rail system benefits us personally and environmentally.
John Cowen, BrightonThe Southern debacle illustrates the absolute folly of dismantling our country’s rail network in the interests of private greed. The only answer is to re-nationalise.
John Rawlinson, StaffsService for the people not subsidies for the already wealthy.
Rev Padma Sumananda, BournemouthIf you remember British Rail, this is a complete no-brainer – a system that worked and did not give inflated profits to incompetent private companies.
Phillip Challinor, WarringtonPlease re-nationalise our national rail. Privatisation has been a shambles and our rail system is an embarrassment, despite the contrary claims of the rail companies.
Martin Ashdown, BallaterProfits should be re-invested not go into an individual’s pocket.
Doug Simpson, HarrogateThe East Coast mainline situation has shown the undoubted value of a rail service effectively removed from privatisation. Let’s have more of it.
Linden Ross, DunbarFares too high, fare structure incomprehensible, need to invest if we want public to be greener and use the railways before the car, need to be as efficient as Europe.
Kevan Ogden, Chester-le-StreetPlease explain to me how sucking profits from previously nationalised businesses make them work better? The lessons of 70s have been learned. Reunite trains with the tracks.
Christopher O’Maley, South NorwoodBritish Rail needs fixing as a nationalised venture, not drained for profit and shareholders.
Kit Jackson, Herne HillTake a look at the acreage of BR land (taxpayer-owned land) that has been sold to private developers.
James Martin, WickfordA long-suffering Abellio Greater Anglia customer.