Chris Henwood, BrightonThe sooner the better.
Lesley Silver, BedfordThis is a public service, not a public cash cow.
John Tait, HarrowStop the Business Critical Rules programme.
Stephen Field, WarwickPrivatisation was just a con and a rip-off of public funds. Let’s see an end to it.
Neil Sloan, NottinghamPublic lines run better than private. Private lines getting large subsidies and commuters being ripped off. What is the point?
Susan Bray, DoncasterAll my family worked for the railway but can’t afford to use it now.
Steve Summers, Henley-on-ThamesIt’s shocking that what should be a public service for us all now simply lines foreigners’ pockets. A national disgrace.
M Slater, SolihullWe need to nationalise all the major services and get the UK back on its feet. Sack the Selfservatives.
Huw Akiba-Jones, ExmouthRe-nationalise now.
Adam Fisher, YorkWe need this.
Shaun Hall, HalsteadSince privatisation, about the only thing which I can see which has improved is the coffee. Trains are still late, overcrowded and staggeringly expensive.
Daniel Crouch, RochesterI travel from Chatham Station to London St Pancras International at an ever increasing fare and nothing extra for it. I cannot see where the money is going other than dividends.
Steve Higgins, LeedsI support Caroline Lucas’s proposal to take each rail component back into public ownership as franchises finish. East Coast shows how much better it would be.
Luke Dineen-Willis, NeathI can’t stand seeing them continue to raise prices each and every year, then boast about their profits each quarter.
Christina Sosseh, Milton KeynesEver since it was privatised the cost to us has gone up, while the rail companies rake in millions in profits and subsidies for keeping it in shape. It shouldn’t be allowed.
The Makin, BoltonCurrent service: bad service for a bad price. My regular route is like travelling on a cattle wagon.
Janice Hine, BrockenhurstSimple pricing please and non-hiked prices on the day. One company for one country please.
Brian Baylis, VillageBR should never have been sold off in the first place.
Fiona Wright, LondonEnough is enough. Let’s get back to a joined-up rail system.
Peter Fraenkel, LondonIt ought to be obvious that a well managed single entity can be more cost effective than if the same enterprise is divided into a multiplicity of separately managed parts.
Kathleen Price, NottinghamI use East Midlands trains at least twice a week and as the prices rise the service gets poorer.
Pete Boor, PenzanceRailways should be state-owned and a not-for-profit industry.
Anthony Sheehan, ManchesterIt was sold to make money for the last government, now it just makes money for the shareholders. Yes, bring back BR
Darrin Green, HorshamThe lies about whether trains are on time or not need to be highlighted as an issue, as, apparently, the train companies manipulate the figures they put out about this.
Mia Brar, SloughFare prices are far too high (in contrast with Europe) and FGW services are either always delayed or cancelled. What happens with the public subsidy? We have had enough.
Raymond Walley, BexhillWe need a unified system that Whitehall does not micromanage.
Sally Welham, CarnoustieIf it stops the ridiculous cross-over between train companies and leads to a better service I am all for it.
Peter Moss, BirminghamThe railway costs the public more than ever, for a bad service. Let the franchises run out, and revert to the state to build up a service for the public, not shareholders.
Annie Leymarie, TotnesPrivatisation has not worked. Bring public transport back to the public.
Clare Gumm, StevenageTransport for public, not for profit. It is called infrastructure.