Paul Cockerton, LondonThanks.
Eddie Klos, SheffieldHow can a fragmented service serve the needs of the UK? Co-ordination and integration of all public transport services is what is required, not mindless competition
Fred Potter, DundeeIt should never have been privatised. We are allowing the rail companies to rip us off in return for poor services.
Matthew Dawson, KirkwallProfit before people – look at the awful First service – extortionate and rubbish. Fine for those who can afford it, but the majority of us are being robbed.
Julian Wagstaff, EdinburghRail privatisation was madness in 1993 and remains madness in 2013. A massive public subsidy of private profit. Re-nationalisation is not just sensible, it is essential.
N Zaidi, BrightonSevere lack of peak time trains (e.g. back/forth Brighton) and also lack of scheduling with local bus services, makes getting to work time-consuming, expensive and awful.
Bob Harrold, StotfoldI’m not disgruntled, but the money that goes into profits for companies that carry little risk could be going into the rail network.
Beverley Wickenden, MarchPlease bring back British Rail – a decent, reliable rail service that the British public will be proud to use once more.
Andrew Round, BirminghamIt’s wrong to put monopolies in private hands. Trains in Birmingham are expensive and almost always late.
Alan Armstrong, LeedsPolitical dogma rules our politicians. We need people who are interested in doing what is best for the country rather than saving face.
Melvyn Higginbottom, ManchesterI would love it if British Rail came back… the smell of diesel at the old unkempt stations, the miserable staff and the delays. HS2 Here we come!
Eddie Sheehy, EcclesWe live in a community where travel is vitally important for many reasons. The quality of the service is vital, not the profit motive only.
Jake Church, MontroseThe rail system used and abused for profit by private companies with profit to their pals the only goal.
Colette Leydon, LiverpoolIt should never have been sold.
Paul Leonard, ChoppingtonKeep British Rail public.
Amanda Blicq, NottinghamI wouldn’t want to bring back BR, but state ownership on the European model would be more than acceptable. East Coast trains show it can be done.
Hector, CheshireBritish Rail was a glorious organisation.
Mike D’ambrogio, LiverpoolI wish we could bring back British Rail trains and Inter City, Inter City Eurostar, British Rail ferries.
Daniel Wright, SwindonThat’s it. You have me on board. The wife is popping across to Bristol this weekend and a return is £19. That’s a 20 min journey to the next station on the line.
Jacob Rothman, Llandrindod WellsIn the 1980s British Rail had about 5 managers on high CEO salaries. The private railways now have 150.
Paul Gibson, LondonAs a railway worker I want the railway nationalised.
Robert Goodman, LeedsPublic ownership proves it can work, run correctly.
Stephen Goulden, SheffieldThe current shambles is a rip-off too far. They wouldn’t stand for it anywhere else in the EC – why should we?
Jim Gibbs, SheffieldIt seems like common sense to run a transport service for people rather than profit.
Richard Paul, StroudThe rail fare-structure alone is madness, plus I’m a passenger, not some customer to be ripped off.
Verumignis, LondonAs a trainspotter, I would really like to see British Rail return. Fares are the worst part of privatisation in my opinion, they are high and inconsistent.
Tim Brewin, Ross-on-WyePrivatisation was one of the most short-sighted policies ever embarked on by a Government of any colour. Undo the damage now, and rationalise British Railways.
Joan Fournier, HarlowThis scandalous rip-off of ordinary working people obliged to depend on the railways to commute to work must end. It is legalised extortion.
Stephen Pegum, BarnetThe decision by John Major’s Government has been nothing short of a disaster for the UK. Re-nationalise now while there’s still time.
Chris Holbrook, SalfordIt’s an absolute scandal the prices from Manchester to London. £81.60 for an open return is a joke. It can’t go on forever, blatantly just ripping us off.