Hazel Simmons, HastingsIt’s well overdue. It gets my vote and you might actually get people using it again other than for work – and save the planet too.
Gavin Oxbury, HullYou can’t run a country when you sell off all its assets. We are in a right mess now, thanks to the greed of a few. Let’s balance society and treat all equally.
Glen Turner, WarringtonThe Tory sell-off of the UK infrastructure has not worked. It’s time to get it back.
Christopher Jack, EdinburghThe East Coast mainline has been a success since it was brought back in public hands. The rest of the network can be a bad joke.
Anuj Bhatt, LondonI’m tired of expensive train tickets. People should be able to visit all the beautiful parts of our country for less, encouraging people to spend money in those parts.
Kerri Clegg, RomfordAs one in the same industry and a customer, I could not agree more.
Iain WoodfieldA great place to start. Then we can see about bt and the other utilities.
Mary Leneis, AbingdonI’m sick and tired of dealing with a private monopoly. Either diversify carriers or bring back British Rail.
John James, OrpingtonPrivatisation is the worst idea. It feeds corruption and is a joke to Great Britain, the best example of “Rip-off Britain.” The system is broken.
Annie Pye, BathTrains are a vital part of our national transport infrastructure which must serve public transport needs across the whole of the country, not private profit-takers.
David Taylor, BarryBring back British Rail. The way things are run now is shambolic. Why do we have to put up with high fares and companies who simply run trains as a hobby?
Terrance Dobbins, WirralOut of all the countries I’ve travelled to, trains are most expensive here. Constant delays, cancellations, charged extra in peak times. All for what?
William Marshall, ArgyllNationalise… the sooner the better. We frequently holiday by rail in France. The service only ever falls apart when we arrive back in Britain.
Liz Moore, CoventryBut not the sarnies.
Pete Turner, PershoreThis is a no-brainer. A completely unified and integrated rail service is the only practical way forward. All else is madness.
Marc Scheimann, LutonIt makes sense, pays money back into the exchequer and costs less to rail users.
Julie Goodman, LondonRailway privatisation is ‘Poll Tax on Wheels’, always has been and always will be. Why are we subsidising it continuously when we could just take it back?
John Rennie, ChepstowRail privatisation has been the best argument for state ownership in the last 30 years.
Linda Hunt, ColchesterNothing has worked properly since privatisation.
Gordon Steadwood, CharthamAny service like this in private hands will suffer as it will be profit driven. Bring it back into public ownership and serve the customers instead of the shareholders!
John Lewthwaite, NewarkPrivatisation is a complicated mess and swallows huge amounts of taxation. The East Coast Line, currently state-run, is making a profit.
Patricia Stevens, NewcastleLet’s have a rail service and not a privatised joke that fills the pockets of a few fat cats.
John Sewell, HuntingdonFirst Capital Connect must be one of the few rail operators not to offer reduced advance fares. East Coast seems to give a better service – why? No profit motive?
Chris Woods, LondonWhat civilised democratic country flogs off its most important assets (railways, utilities, water) in the name of short term profit?
Dylan Hartley, SheffieldWe want British Rail back for better services.
David White, GlasgowI’m so tired of expensive fares and terrible co-ordination between competing rail operators. Infrastructure should support the wider economy, not exploit it.
Shahram Parvin, LondonPrivatisation has not improved services but has increased ticket prices and increased the wealth gap in the population.
Marie Bowers, DundeeEast Coast trains have greatly improved since they were taken back from the National Express.
Irene Lovell, RomfordRailways run as a public service, not as a money making operation . Profit should be ploughed back into operation to continually improve service.
Gary Hawkins, LeedsLet us keep some of our nationalised companies that are showing that they can provide profit for the nation.