George Holmes, SaddleworthA six mile journey on my rural Yorkshire line costs £5.80 for a single (Greenfield to Marsden) and the service is only one train per hour. BBBR!
Mary Newman, LondonThe service run by the train companies in Britain is embarrassing. Nowhere else in the world is rail travel so prohibitively expensive.
Graham Johnson, NottinghamThe East Coast line is the most efficient in Britain, and publicly-run rail in France and Belgium is cheaper and far more efficient than privatised rail in the UK.
Ben Mantle, CambridgeThe prime job of government should be the provision of national education, health, transport systems – then policing and national security.
Patricia Wood, WashingtonEast Coast rail made a profit in public hands, a loss in private.
Liam Maloney, BoltonLet’s just admit it was a mistake and sort out the mess we’re in.
Giovanna Vettese, LondonThey should never have been privatised in the first place.
David Houghton, Lytham St Anne’sYes, I agree that it should be returned to British Rail.
Sylvia Hawkins, GatesheadThe East Coast Rail line has been much better since it was taken out of private hands. Let’s have the same quality of service nationwide.
Tony Hoad, IlfordThe present system is fragmented and needs a common co-ordinated approach.
Ben Bailey, BrightonI agree that re-nationalising the railways is a common sense idea.
Mary Greer, LondonAs London gets more expensive to live in, more and more of us will have to commute, but £3,000-5,000 a year is totally ludicrous.
Mike Third, LondonThe necessities of life should never be tradable commodities.
Kate Green, SheffieldAll public services need to be brought back into public ownership. Our people fought long and hard for public ownership.
Nigel Blake, YorkPrivatisation costs the taxpayer more than BR ever did and is corrupt and inefficient.
Andy Beech, CaerphillyLet’s get back to the days when it worked.
Peter Robinson, LondonPresumably if re-nationalised compensation would not be payable if the government awarded new franchises to British Rail.
Anthony Howe, LutonPrivatisation hasn’t worked on the railways. Bring back public ownership.
Rebecca Michel, ExeterCivilised societies run transport, health, education etc. as services, not opportunities for private profit.
Aaron Smith, EastbourneI can no longer afford to travel by train – thanks Tories. Meanwhile billionaires like Branson get tax payers’ bailouts. Not a travel network but a money laundering scheme.
Steve Auty, MachynllethIt will never happen unfortunately. Why are 90% of our passenger operating companies owned and run by other European companies?
Theresa Evans, OxfordI now rarely use trains and use my car instead, as I can no longer afford the cost of train tickets. Bring back British Rail!
Paul McLeod, LondonIt’s time for change. Fares for re-investment not profit.
Ant Butler, PiltonRail communication – like any other monopolistic structure – must be managed centrally to be safe, efficient and affordable.
James Bremner, HolmrookI oppose rail privatisation on both economic and operational grounds, speaking as a qualified transport economist.
Robin Wilde, KegworthTrains are the only way I’ll be able to see my girlfriend for the next three years – but I’d rather not pay through the nose.
Felicity Webster, Kingston-upon-ThamesIf they are privatised, why are they subsidised?
Jack McRobbie, IpswichTrain services need to be better in every way so why not re-nationalise?
Carolyn Scott, LeicesterIt worked well in my past. I want it to be part of my future.
John Dakin, DunstableI believe that the privatisation of British Rail has been a complete disaster.