Simon Botten, DissAny train departing within 10 minutes of its scheduled departure time is officially ‘on time’. This shows the mess the system is in; services are totally unreliable.
David Stride, FarehamRail for the community and country and not for private profit.
Richard Jones, St HelensBring back BR. Run the trains for the people.
Hugh Ellis, MaldonThe privatisation was a greedy and doctrinaire disaster. Give us back our railways.
Susan Chambers, EdinburghPrivate rail networks are not better than a nationalised service. There’s just more coffee shops at the stations.
Paul Jones, Worcester ParkTimes have changed. Publicly-run lines have proved successful and profitable. This is almost too obviously the way forward.
Shirley Salter, DerbyThis entire country is being sold off bit by bit. Rail services now are expensive and totally ineffective. Bring back our industry and services.
Paul Ibbott, BedfordI have always believed in a nationally-owned rail system which provides a value service and removes road travel misery. Just visit the Hauptbahnhof in Berlin and weep.
Anna Harrison-Melville, AshfordThe responsibility for our railways should be in one hand and accountable to the people.
Les Railton, HullI remember when British trains were something to be proud of. We should put that right again.
Andrew Duffin, MorpethIt is ridiculous that most franchises are owned by foreign state-owned companies
Alex Leithes, LondonThis is so obvious it surely does not require comment? It is cheaper to drive alone than to take the train – we have no public transport system.
Simon Joseph Evans, Bishop AucklandWhat a great big mistake privatising the railway. It’s another money making opportunity.
Tom Faulkner, EastbourneNothing but delays and strikes on Southern. But fares still keep rising. Privatisation is not helping passengers.
Ted Goodhew, MaidenheadI was a teacher for 42 years in the public sector. The Conservatives want to privatise education and the NHS, and I think both would be disastrous, just like the railways.
Dominic BeamanPlease make British Rail about safely transporting people again. It’s all about companies making money now.
Robert Kennedy, KelsallStop the East Coast line sell-off.
Russ Gladwish, NorwichPublic ownership for public services.
Mary Rowntree, DurhamTrain services should be in our own hands and any profits could be ploughed back in for improvements and maintenance, not given to foreign countries.
Richard Lee, LiverpoolThere are too many outside contractors. It’s a real mess and needs sorting out.
Alastair CurrieRailways are a service, and services should be run by the country for the people, not by individuals for a profit.
Anthony Duggan, BromleyNetwork Rail cannot run trains or do any engineering so I’m not quite sure what they do.
John Hunt, LincolnshireLabour’s GBR plans are certainly a step in the right direction, but are half-baked. Let’s do it properly!
Mira Vogel, IlfordIt’s in the name isn’t it – “public” transport.
Peter Calliess, WienA public service in public hands is common sense.
Lewis Evans, Stanford-le-HopeWe need BR back.
Raymond Clarke, AbergavennyIt is high time to end the farce of pretending that rail privatisation has offered any improvements. It has been an expensive, dogma-driven, organisational shambles.
Peter Frampton, ManchesterCurrent TOCs are incompetent.
John Greig, EdinburghNationalise the rail network.
Stephen Chambers, StroodI work on the railways and my job has been destroyed by private companies. It would be much bettter off being nationalised.