Michael Letwin, Brooklyn NYPrivatisation is not progress.
Robert Judson, WindermereI am a former employee of British Rail and a regular traveller. The current West Coast is a shambles.
David Buckle, Cornhill-on-TweedRe-nationalise the railways.
Thomas Peter Turton, ManchesterThey should never have been sold off.
Maggie Gallimore, NottinghamJust give it back, please.
Georgie Stagg, LondonI remember the days of British Rail and want them back. I am sick of private companies raking in loads for doing nothing. £1800 a year and I don’t get a seat. Enough.
John Wilson, CambridgeshireWe used to have an easy to understand railway system with a sensible ticketing structure.
Marc Carless, St AlbansWhile I never lived in the age of British Rail, it was in a better state than our current railways. Bring back NSE, Bring back provincial, bring back British Rail.
Audrey Stewart, HitchinSurely everyone can now see privatisation is not working? The East Coast line has actually been profitable while it has been run by the state.
Simon Hough, TetburyEnvironmentally, socially and economically, the imperative must be to run the railways for the nation’s good and not for private profit.
Ted Goodhew, MaidenheadThe so-called profit motive has been discredited by the sharks who run these companies.
James O’Neill, EdinburghIt’s disgusting that the public have to pay to make a few people become millionaires for doing nothing.
David Pears, Milton KeynesService and passengers before profit. Many rely on rail.
Leslie Howell, ManchesterLet’s stop the taxpayer subsidies to private rail companies and run the network as a national service.
Jonathan Brown, LondonWe currently have a disjointed patchwork of private interests dictating the provision of rail services in accordance with the profit motive. I want to see a collectively owned system that is affordable to all!
Christopher Evans, Byton HandA unified railway system is the only way. Bring back the branch lines too.
Rebecca Reid, LeedsDo it.
Ian JenkinsThe franchise system allows excess profits to be made at the expense of the taxpayer and the traveller.
David Cooper, BradfordRe-nationalise and allow private investment with the state as the majority shareholder.
Ian Semple, PeterboroughWith privatisation the national interest takes second place to profits and strategic planning is ineffectual. Bring back BR.
Julian Balmford, AylesburyMaybe if we achieve this then we can start with the Water Companies?
Calum Menzies, GlasgowI’m disgruntled at a system where foreign state-owned companies can profiteer from our trains, but our government can’t operate a nationalised service.
Tony Garman, HarrogateThe East Coast service provides a fabulous example of what nationalisation can deliver. Travel on Eurostar to experience how profits before quality has damaged the service.
Susanne Birks, SheffieldThe railways should be run as a public service and profits should be for improvements and reinvestment, not shareholders.
Natasha Pickering, StranraerThey should never have been privatised in first place. The state of trains now is shocking and prices are ridiculous.
Kate Wescombe, YorkNational infrastructure shouldn’t be in the hands of people only interested in squeezing money out of people – it should be managed for the common weal, like government.
Andy Togneri, DerbyI was involved at the time privatisation started in the energy industry and have watched in amazement the mess Thatcher and her mates made of it. Let’s get it all back.
Mike FriendAll the vast profits going into the transport companies and shareholders should be re-invested back into the system.
Lee Calder, BirtleyRe-nationalise the railways.
Michael Holleran, Newton-le-WillowsI saw a sticker in Oxford Road gents, so you know it’s worked at least once.