Leslie Scaife, SouthportApart from the massive debt, fares have risen out of all proportion and they are still getting funding from the public purse. Shareholders win and taxpayers lose.
C L Gamble, DundeeAward winning companies stripped of their franchises & worse… the march downward to profit focused services above all other concerns is harmful on so many levels.
Gavin Millar, CallanderRe-nationalisation is a sensible and honest approach to revitalising the main public transport network across the UK.
Nic Szeremeta, TorquayGiving a country’s infrastructure to profiteers is a bad joke.
Martin Cheeseman, Leighton BuzzardOn looking back on British Rail it was wonderful compared to what we have now.
Ann Lovell, SwindonPut safety and people first, not profit.
Claire Davenport, DoncasterAll major services in my mind should be brought back into re-nationalisation and should never have been sold in the first place.
Eloise MacKenzie, BrightonSouthern Rail are bloodsuckers, money hungry.
Chris Coulthard, CarlisleThe successful return of the East Coast Main Line to public ownership makes an irrefutable case for the return of British Rail. Bring it back.
Judith Bryant, DarlingtonPlease keep East Coast mainline as a nationalised service and look at this model for the other lines.
Terence Bly, LondonFollow the example of the East Coast line, in public hands and profitable.
Duncan McKinnon, MotherwellReturn the InterCity.
Kaitlin MilfordTicket prices keep rising but services are no better. Where’s the benefit for those of us paying for the service?
Keith Higham, HarpendenPeople, not profit, should be the main criterion in running a rail transport service.
Barbara Webb, YorkPrivatisation has been a disaster. Let the state run the railways – they did a much better job.
Peter Burrows, DunstableThe railways have for too long been an industry wedded to shareholders and profit and not to service delivery. That has to change.
Edward Tyrell, LiverpoolThe East Coast fiasco showed why re-nationalising the train network is the most common-sense option.
Ian Hutchings, NewarkThe railways should be one organisation, not many small companies. Why should we put public money into private hands?
James WoodmanPrivatisation, fragmentation, subcontracting, internal markets, franchising, managers, managers, managers, jobs for the boys… Rip-off Britain!
Paul Craft, New RomneyStop selling off our national assets for a quick pound to balance the books. Bring back British Rail.
Dave Harvey, Bishops StortfordI could give more money to charity if it wasn’t for these damn ticket fares.
Charlotte Fregona, HarpendenTime to get value for the daily commute. That’s the way to go.
Ian McMillan, LiphookOh for a bit of joined-up thinking and long-term planning. Never, with our daft political system.
Gary Ellam, StaffordRail priority should be to benefit the country and the people.
James Register, LondonGood luck.
Samuel Stevenson, NottinghamDo it for the kids.
Carolyn Brightwater, BridportThe train system is a mess. too many petty rules, different operators, price bands. It needs to be an affordable, walk-on service with peak and off-peak services, more like buses.
Georgina Watson, CroydonIt’s time to restart investing in a necessary public transport infrastructure that isn’t led by profits and shareholders.
Jim Granter, AlsagerWe shouldn’t have to wait this long before we get back what was once ours.
John Richard Jones, PrestonBritish Rail had more flexibility with tickets and better value. It was better all round.