Ron Greenham, LutonBoth the trains and the rail system should be under one management and it is too big for one company to control.
Penny Jones, LondonOutrageous to have privatised. The rail needed strong reform but not this.
Stewart Legg, PortsmouthToday the Tories are at it again, this time with the Post Office. The Labour Party needs to state that it will re-nationalise the railways and the Post Office.
Richard Lockwood, HeckmondwikeBring it back into public ownership before we are ripped off again with the sale of the East Coast Line.
Cathy Scoffield, Barnstaplewe need consistent investment not rely on run down stock.uk railways are a joke compared with Europeans.
Lynn Dorling, Edingley, NewarkThe best rail service at the moment is East Coast. Cheerful, efficient service, usually on time, makes a healthy profit. De-privatise the rest but keep the efficiencies.
Irene Jones, Newcastle-upon-TyneWhat exactly does this country own? Answers on a postage stamp please, if you can afford one.
William Paddock, EdinburghIf only British Rail had got the subsidies all these private railway companies receive, what a network we could have had.
Eileen Quilter Williams, KetteringOther countries that have very successful and well-run railways are state-owned, so privatisation has not delivered efficiency, good value or good service.
Martin Maguire, SwintonNationalise them. Get rid of the robber barons and get back to fair fares and decent rolling stock.
Margaret Reynolds, DurhamWe do want our railways back in public ownership.
Anita Hambly, CorbyIt’s time to put people before profit. I have bought so many tickets then stood in the doorway of the carriage for the length of journey.
John Gilbert, BromleyHow is my station in Zone 4 while the one about half a mile from it – faster into London – is in Zone 6?
Stefan Antoniuk, CallingtonBR was working well when it was butchered. Now we pay more in subsidy than ever; the wrong way to do things. Rail infrastructure is a national asset and services a social need.
Richard Cooper, GlasgowBring back British Rail.
Ian Sadler, LeedsWhy pay dividends to shareholders when the money would be better spent on renewing the rails and trains?
Lloyd Jackson, HullHull’s train links are awful and overpriced.
Dennis Fuller, LondonPrivatisation is, was and always will be about taking something from the general public and charging the general public an extortionate price for a service.
Connor Scarlett, LondonStop the rip-offs and the poor service.
S Riley, St AlbansSick of useless Thameslink.
Bryn Escott-Allen, GloucesterWere there a viable alternative for me, I would definitely not be spending £85 per month for such poor service. The private companies are utterly useless in this case.
Yvonne Sanders, MaidenheadIt is a public service and needs to be in public control with no purpose for profit.
Robert Canning, GlasgowEverywhere I travel in Europe by train they’re cheaper and much more efficient.
John Richardson, BlackpoolBritish Rail, gas and electricity should never have been sold, because they belonged to the people and should all be brought back to where they belong.
Mickey Rooney, GrimsbyLet us end the current rip-off system. Run the railways as a service, not as a way for parasites to make money.
Padda Brewster, Wolverhamptonit was run better when it was BR.
Paul Oliver, MexboroughStop the fat cats and bring back a national rail service which would be safer and modern.
Said Otmani, CroydonTransport is a public necessity. Let the government make money on caviar.
John Marsden, LochgilpheadA unified national network run in the interests of passengers can only be better than the current fragmented system run in the interests of private profit and bureaucrats.
Martin D’souza, NorthamptonIt’s about time we started taking back those services meant for the people not big business.