Paul Beattie, CorbyPrivatisation of our railways has been a complete and utter failure.
Scott Boeser, BristolI love trains.
Charlotte O’Neill, LondonBritish rail services are getting more expensive and worse and we are being taken for a ride (no pun intended) It must stop.
Martin Ruddy, MansfieldRail privatisation is another example of the woolly-minded, neo-liberal economics which are ruining this country and the rest of the world.
Sarah Holford, WellingboroughI am tired of paying £96 return for a 45 minute journey from Wellingborough to London. This is extortionate and makes rail travel unaffordable.
Jon Warburton, WindsorFares are too high and tickets should be available across all railway companies or just Bring back British Rail.
Paul Higginbotham, ReadingWe all knew this privatisation was unworkable from the start, and the way it is financed now is a public scandal.
Gina Bridgeland, BrighousePrivatisation was a code-word for confiscation of a national asset. I’m not sure I like “nationalisation” – could we substitute “common ownership”?
Antoine Legris, NewcastleJust bring it back into public ownership. No-one believes in that privatisation rubbish these days. We’ve been conned too many times.
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.
Colin Hart, LowestoftOnce a pride in what we had, but now an embarrassment.
Gillian Statham, SalisburyUnder the present system, the taxpayers and commuters pay all the expenses, while private companies reap the profits.
Iain Goater, WeymouthI fully support the re-nationalisation of the railways.I am a health and safety rep and active ASLEF supporter.
Fernando Hernandez, LondonRe-nationalise now.
Andrew VarleySince privatisation prices have rocketed and services plummeted in the North – overcrowding, old stock, not enough trains. Promises, promises and nothing ever done.
Nicholas Cleverley, LondonMake rail public again.
Moira Benger, WatfordEnough is enough. Ordinary people just can’t afford to travel by rail anymore.
Alex Granville, LondonWe’re paying for the service and for the profits for the rich.
Erryl McLarty, Whitley BayRe-nationalise – it makes sense.
Andrew Hewland, BrightonI am just fed up with the so-called private companies doing a so-called good service. Rubbish. Bring back British Rail.
Thom Morecroft, LiverpoolThere is no logical argument for the privatisation of the railways.
Constance LeeIt should be back in public hands.
Robert Irvine, GlasgowIt’s sickening that profit to a small number of shareholders is what drives this essential service. Terrible.
Mark Hyne, LiskeardSpeaks for itself
Fred Mathisen, AberdourBR was broken up because it was over subsidised but the current clutch of companies is subsidised much much more, including shareholders’ dividends.
Peter SleggBefore privatisation, British Rail was the second most efficient rail service in the world, second only to Japan.
Rose Pearson, SunderlandPrivatisation has succeeded only in giving us one of the worst rail networks in Europe.
Darren Smith, LondonThere is such a thing as society, you silly arse.
Jane Mitchell, ShrewsburyBring back British Rail.
Malcolm Smith, LondonIt’s outrageous the price I have to pay a month just to get to work. Every year it gets more and more expensive and the service gets worse.