Lisa Mundy, PortsmouthI recently travelled on trains in Europe and China, superior to the UK and run for their people. UK get a grip and nationalise.
Francis Kelly, WallsendTaxpayers should not be subsidising the profit gained by the City of London.
David Cook, Newcastle-upon-TyneFar too many cost centres in what was always a crazy privatisation.
Colin Bayly, SurbitonEast Coast shows it works. Please let common sense prevail.
Michele Moatt, PenrithThe return of British Rail would be absolutely fantastic.
Elizabeth Smith, WhitchurchThings have changed for the worse, and not for the better.
Anne Hugh-White, St. AustellBuying the correct tickets for the correct journey is a minefield and I have many other complaints.
Pete Leyden, Y BermoDemand the Labour party puts it in their election manifesto.
Peter Yates, DerbyPrivatisation has cherry-picked the best routes and neglected less fortunate ones. We need a proper network again.
Sam Wahnon, ManchesterIt costs almost £150 to get from Manchester to see family in Devon. It’s cheaper to fly to Paris. What a joke.
Peter Hearn, SwanseaPrivate profits always lead to poor service.
Jess Golden, BournemouthThe price of train tickets these days is ridiculous. I am a very regular traveller and it costs me far more than I should have to pay for the distance I’m going. BBBR.
John Potter, GloucestershireThe cost of some rail fares is disgusting!
Chris Henwood, BrightonThe sooner the better.
Paul Allen, BournemouthRailway transport is essential, especially for those of us who don’t drive polluting cars. Let’s have our railways back as a service to the people, not owned by money men.
Allan Jones, ElginThey should never have been privatised. The government conspired to make them look unprofitable at the time and also at the time of Beeching.
Sarah Richards, Newcastle-upon-TyneA railway system should be a public and publicly-owned service, not a profit-driven company.
Alex Chatterton, Shoreham-by-SeaJust do it. It’s the only way to sort out the mess.
John Marshall, MorpethRail essential service is best and effective in public ownership.
Christine Cudworth, WakefieldYou are doing a fantastic job.
Ellie Harrison, GlasgowPrivatisation is not progress!
Bill Peter, AberfeldyIn my trainspotting days it was British Railways. Why stop at Rail?
Paul Baskeyfield, Church StrettonEnd the crazy ticket price lottery and bring back direct trains from Shrewsbury to London.
Oliver Smith, Wold NewtonIt will benefit everyone and leave our economy better off.
Christopher Chatters, NewburyLike all the other privatisations, it costs more and the service is worse.
Col Walmsley, Newcastle-upon-TyneInto public ownership
Chris Jones, LetchworthDespite massive investment our line still runs British Rail trains, built at public expense (313, 317). But at least the stations have hanging baskets now.
Derek McCarthy, InvernessShould never have been sold off by the robbing Tories.
Darren Whittle, WiganBring back British Rail. Stop public money going into foreign rail operators’ pockets to subsidise their own trains.
Imogen Lloyd, EastleighProvide an integrated and non-profit transport system for a modern Britain.