Vince Wright, MacclesfieldThe current rail system is a disgrace in price and in service, over-crowded and dangerous.
Trevor Donaldson, AberdeenTory ideology created chaos for our publicly owned railways. We all lost as a result.
O J Donnelly, AldershotExpand our railways to where people need to go and not just where it is profitable. Get people off the roads and save the environment. Bring back and expand motor-rail too.
Carole Dickson-Earle, HitchinIt’s ridiculous the prices of train travel, short or long trips. I drive or get a bus to Scotland from South England to visit my family. Train would be ideal if affordable.
Duncan McCallum, FalkirkLet’s use the profits for a better service rather than lining the pockets of a few.
Aaron Williams, HastingsIt’s time to have services publicly owned again, starting with the national rail.
Roger Croston, ChesterThe privatised railway is a fragmented system that is not integrated.
Nick Thomas, TelfordFor cheaper tickets and a joined-up service.
Gareth Toms, SheffieldIn the beginning we had a fragmented rail system and it failed and was nationalised. As usual Tory ideas drag us backwards.
Thomas McAnea, LondonLying thieves at the train operating companies, extorting enormous profits from taxpayers whilst running third world services. It is a scandal.
Roberta Carradine, BristolIf the current company is private then why is the taxpayer subsidising it with government funding and high fares? shame on you.
M Murphy, ScunthorpeExpropriate the train robbers.
Ieuan Berry, NewportBring back British Rail.
Aaron Bliss, OxfordshireOne of the very worst privatisations. It makes no economic sense from either side of the political divide. Make public transport something to be proud of again.
Anne Armstrong, SeafordThe railway can survive in public hands as we don’t live in the old days.
Daniel Stapley, FolkestoneThey should never have been split up in the first place. A national, essential service that has gone to the wall.
Robbie Hill, CrudwellI’m an ex British Rail Engineer. Privatisation was nothing short of a catastrophe. BR was well professionally run. The politicians don’t know what they’ve done.
Stuart Wilkins, BrockenhurstIf the rail industry is ‘private’ why then do the train operating companies take their profits whilst the taxpayer is still contributing considerably to the rail network.
Matthew Tyrer-Garner, LiverpoolBR Blue is my favourite livery, along with NSE.
Michael Fuller, HorshamWhat does it take for the government to finally do something about this level of incompetence?
Paul Campbell, DoncasterPrivatisation is not the answer. Nationalisation can only improve things.
Daniel Holt, ClimpingLet the people make the decisions!
Islam Mohammed, BirminghamIt’s clear the re-nationalisation of the railways will lead to a more reliable, effective and affordable rail service. Privatisation is profiteering at taxpayers’ expense.
John Gunner, St AlbansTransport is a public service but we don’t want a return to union waste. Private profit no.
T W, GloucestershireThe money paid by the public needs to go straight back into the railway.
M Spencer, LutterworthKeep British Rail as one.
Veronica Piekosz, NorthallertonIt works for East Coast, don’t you know? The only network to actually pay back and now they want to re-privatise it.
Kevin O’Connor, LondonThe present railway system is an grossly over-charged and poorly staffed system that only puts profits before people. Re-nationalisation now.
David Hill, CreweIt’s criminal what happened and continues to happen to the railway.
Les Croucher, NorthamptonRe-nationalise the rail industry.