Jack Clare, ManchesterI’m fed up with ridiculous train fares.
Stuart Parker, LiverpoolA national railway system for the people and owned by the people run at cost plus investment.
Joanna Dunn, NottinghamThis is no way to run a railway. Simplify, unify, make it cheaper, get cars off the road.
Keith Dredge, BradfordEven the Tories are now saying the 1990s privatisation was wrong.
Dave Simms, Yeovil.This must stop. The operators want to make a private profit. When there’s a loss in the offing they hand the keys back. Private profit – public losses.
Sarah Snell, WalsallBring this vital service back under our control and learn from the East Coast main line.
Conor Murphy, HuddersfieldNationalised means better fares, better service and direct, competent ownership. Look at DB in Germany. Public can also mean profit.
Stephen Cullen, PrescotRailways not for private profit.
Tracey Cooper, StevenageWe want them back and we need them back before these private companies make any more money from us.
Graeme Ritchie, CuparAs a former British Rail employee, I see the worst mistake ever was to privatise British Rail.
Andrea Charles, Port TalbotBritish Rail should never have been sold off in the first place. It’s been an unmitigated disaster.
Kevin McDonnell, MansfieldDo you really think all these companies are running the railway at a loss? Why not keep it in this country and public ownership?
Jill Monks, SouthportIt’s a ridiculously fragmented system which needs re-unifying. We live on such a relatively tiny island, it shouldn’t be difficult to create a joined up system.
Mark Bentley, LeicesterPrivatisation has simply not delivered the benefits that were promised. For me, I never believed it would.
Muhammad Rajput, BirminghamYes, yes, yes! I favour bringing back British Rail.
S LazellNorthern Rail Arriva couldn’t run a Hornby train set.
Paul Rum, HoveWe need a subsidised system of travel to help get us to work – not delay and tax us.
Beverley Clark, HartlepoolBrilliant initiative to try to Bring back British Rail. Good luck. It’s the best idea I have heard in years.
David Stokes, MacclesfieldDivide and rule is stated by Nicolo Machiavelli in The Prince as the way to beat the opposition. So 100 companies is clear evidence of the Tory Plan?
Bethany White, SouthamptonMake rail fares fair.
Sean DurneyEnd rewarding shareholder profits for high price tickets and cost driven, unreliable services. Invest in the railways and get cars and trucks off the roads.
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.
Sarah Markham, FlitwickPublic services are best. The railways need to be given back to the people who should own them, the people of this country, not those who just want to make money.
Clare Annand, DunstableIt’s completely obvious that railway privatisation is a failure. The only train journey I have enjoyed was on an East Coast train, when it was run by the government.
Alex Lewis, WalesYes, there where issues with BR, but they were trying to improve the service and, after the hugely popular InterCity 125, things were turning round but then randomly sold off.
Rita Stroud, IpswichSome of us are old enough to remember the railways used to run a lot better than they do now, and it was affordable for everyone. We need to take it back.
Daman Gaskell, LondonSoutheastern is the worst train operator ever I have never in four years left or arrived on time and the state of the trains is disgusting.
Joy Edwards, CodsallIt has been proven that a privatised railway is neither efficient nor reasonably priced. Put it back into public ownership.
Barry Woolgar, BristolPrices go up, service goes down. Welcome to the private sector!
Kim Saunders, Southend-on-SeaRe-nationalise it for the people, put the profits back into paying decent wages and re-generation of the system, not lining the fat cats’ pockets.