Terry Grimley, BirminghamThe kind of people who complain about the bureaucracy of the EU are the same kind of people who designed the Byzantine complexity of Britain’s privatised railway.
Nick Crago, HarlingtonLet’s see a return for trains being run as a customer service and not for private profit.
Paul BrightWe must rebuild our country’s economy and to do this we need a fully integrated and affordable public transport system centred on the British railways.
Cary Elcome, LeicesterPut an end to soaring fares, delays, cancellations, overcrowding. Give us reliable, human transport, not cattle trucking!
Alan Holtom, WorcesterBus companies have no idea how to run railways. I’m a rail worker with 40 years service. What a mess.
Jamie Neil, AldershotIsn’t it time that the government listened to regular rail users and bring back British Rail and stop this privatisation madness?
Brian Latham, BrightonTaking profit out of the railways degrades the service for every passenger, decreases proper investment and encourages corners to be cut on safety.
Ed Brown, NottinghamPublic transport should always be socially-owned.
Christopher Wade, GrimsbyI believed then and I believe now that BR should never have been privatised. Everything I forecast would happen has come true.
M Smith, LeedsWhy should we give billions to companies to run railways when we can own it and make a profit for the nation.
Sean Watson, Bishop’s StortfordTrain fares in this country are disgusting and the service we receive is even worse. It’s the most expensive travel in any country I have ever visited. It’s a rip-off.
Ian Massey, ManchesterProfit over service equals major problems – hours and hours and hours of wasted time, lateness for work impacting on productivity etc. Bring back British Rail.
Richard Fraser-Tait, RydeRail should be publicly-owned – and water.
David Messent, HoveTake control of our dysfunctional rail network and make it whole again.
Thomas Lynch, Newcastle-upon-TyneNo to private ownership.
Neville Akroyd, LauncestonPrivatised rail is a confused, inefficient, prohibitively expensive mess.
Cora Lowe, Stockton-on-TeesEast Coast in public hands has given big profits to the government. We should not be giving all the profits to those who are already superrich.
Edmund ChinneryI believe the way forward is to start up a cooperative of unions, commuters and other interested parties to bid for franchises when they come up for renewal.
Kerry Pickett, BrightonFor the people.
Barry Gooch, WantageThe fragmented and over-priced railways system which treats all commuters as cattle should be brought under Government control so that we can hold our MPs to account.
Raymond Watson, BingleyWe need a national approach as part of a national transport strategy with profits re-invested, not paid out to shareholders and meeting the overheads of private sector.
Thomas CoyleLet’s build and test trains in the UK, it’ll be good for economy!
Tom Mainprize, ReadingHow do we get a proper debate over the key arguments surrounding re-nationalisation?
Rob Tulip, ChesterfieldI hope it makes a difference.
Paul Nelson, EastbournePrivatisation of a national public service inevitably only looks to increase the bottom lines of a few. This must end. Bring back British Rail.
Paul Forrest, Bourganeuf, FranceThe French rail system is excellent, affordable, efficient.
Nathaniel Davies, TelfordShareholders should not factor into a vital nation-wide transport link. It makes for over complication and over pricing, with very little profit going to the system. BBBR.
Roy Bainton, MansfieldIt’s time to shunt the City pirates into a siding. Let’s have our railways back where they belong – owned by the people, run for the people.
Thomas Broome, Hayward’s HeathThree painful words – Govia ThamesLink Railway.
Trevor Walden, SouthamptonI did an apprenticeship at Wolverton Works in the days of Dual-Heating. 97 trades. I’m a rail modeller, and steam fan.