David Yewdall, BlackpoolRe-nationalise the railway and get rid of the gangsters who run it for their shareholders. Let’s get DB to run it. After all that is the German government, not shareholders.
David Rice, IpswichA national service should be in place which is run efficiently and fairly, where profit is secondary to customer service.
AndiIt would be nice if Britain also still had some industry left in the form of locomotive and carriage manufacture, instead of having to buy everything from abroad.
Alison Damant, BradfordThey should never have been de-nationalised in the first place.
Rebecca Dobson, Tunbridge WellsThe privatisation of the railways was an ideological move by the Tories. Privatisation only works where there is competition but our rail operators have a monopoly.
Gennaro Gualtieri, LondonEnd privatisation now.
Mark Edward, LeicesterOur trains could be a force for green, accessible, fairly-priced travel, rather than solely an extortionate money-making operation for uncaring corporations.
Richard Porter, MaidenheadStop East Coast privatisation now.
James Ross, AddinghamGet the rail network back on track.
Faisal Qureshi, CheadleIt’s cheaper for me to fly on a return trip to Berlin than it is to go from Stockport to London. There is something wrong here.
Ian Martin, LowestoftRe-nationalise the railways. Far too many fat cats are profiting from something that should be a basic public service.
Anna Doughty, ConwyPlease bring back the unified system that made so much sense and ran a much better service.
Greg Davis, CleveleysI was an employee of British Rail before the Beeching era, and afterwards. Goods traffic was the profit then and we never saw passenger train delays either.
Ron Glatter, Hemel HempsteadI’m with you all the way.
Mitchell Blythe, CanterburyThe rail network should be back under public ownership. It should never have been sold in the first place.
H Christine Allott, ExeterYou know it makes sense.
Nathan Halperin, LondonI’m a ThamesLink commuter 5-6 days a week. It’s an utter disgrace of a service we have right now.
Fiona Forbes, KirkcaldyThey should be taken back from the thieves who stole it, as should Royal Mail.
Tess Farley, YorkIt costs me at least £150 to go home to Devon from York, and often I can’t get a seat and have nowhere safe to store my luggage.
Sheila Rowhan, LondonPut people before profit.
Deirdre Forsyth, GlasgowRail privatisation was always going to be about contracts and money, not people or good service.
Christopher Wade, GrimsbyI believed then and I believe now that BR should never have been privatised. Everything I forecast would happen has come true.
Richard Partridge, WellingboroughI fully support re-nationalisation – let’s get our railway back and improve it.
Geoff Weaver, KnightonService provided by Arriva Trains Wales on Central Wales line is poor, and condition of stock even worse. No toilet available on a 3 hour journey from Swansea.
Emma Brown, LondonIt shouldn’t cost £50 for a student to go home and visit his family.
Richard PalmerService before profit.
Joyce Paterson, StamfordHow do the current owners expect the elderly without IT skills to book an economical journey, I wonder?
Anthony Amith, Milton KeynesPrivatisation only takes from the population as a whole, to give to the already-wealthy. Give us back our stolen property.
Alasdair Lumsden, LondonYes, bring it back.
Ray Packham, Bradford-on-AvonPublic transport should not be run for private profit.