Sandy Burnett, LondonSouthern Rail is a disgrace and putting profits before people which is what you get when you privatise.
Andrew Smith, SouthamptonUnify the rail system for the people not the banks and rail companies. It’s not competition we need, it’s management. Outsource it to the Swiss or Germans.
Nick East, StroudEvery ticket is overpriced so no wonder rail travel is decreasing.
Nick Pike, WarringtonUnder the current system, no-one is accountable for the many flaws with the train system, which include high fares and overcrowding. This needs to end.
Liz Andelin, OtleyIt’s about time it was returned to us. East Coast Rail has proved that it works better than privately-owned.
Sarah Carley, LondonIt should never have been privatised. Over priced, badly managed and most profits go abroad.
Jack Jaye, SurreyBring ’em back. Save us from this shambles!
Glyn Morgan, LiverpoolWe currently subsidise the rail network more heavily than we did when we owned it yet they still make a profit. That’s our money and it should be re-invested.
George Forth, SloughAn not-for-profit governmental agency (like the company that runs the East Coast line) is the best way forward. Profits put back into infrastructure, not pockets.
Jacqui Jones, ChertseyBritish Rail. It says it in the name. British – and need I say more?
Alex Manda, LondonI am a passenger, not a customer.
Alfie Venner Woodcock, LondonLong journeys using more than one train company are hell. These competing train companies are by nature disinclined to co-operate, directly disadvantaging the traveller.
Ross Dobson, LondonTime to get Britain’s trains back on track.
Lynda Woodroffe, LondonThe railways have got worse and worse and more and more expensive under privatisation. It should never have been put on the market.
Roy Charman, TretowerDo it and win the election.
David Williams, LeicesterDo it, and get those money-grabbing bastards out.
Phil Fletcher, BarnetI find current rail prices complete madness. How many drive to work because of them?
David Catanach, NewarkA railway network is for the country’s needs, not shareholders’ greed.
Trevor Barham, LondonI’m old enough to remember when it was that way and better. We need a service to serve us.
Natalie Henstock, LondonI have had to use a car as Southern is so unreliable for essential travel – like going to work.
Craig Lydiate, ManchesterI cannot see any other way to make this work.
John Hogg, BradfordSooner rather than later.
William Armstrong, LondonServices before profit required.
Alan Whittaker, Llanelli, CarmarthenshirePrivatisation doesn’t work. The time to re-nationalise is now. Our railways are nearly all state-owned, but the problem is, that they are foreign states that own them.
Lynda Callaghan, LiverpoolIt’s not just the railways, its also the utility companies as well.
Daniel Wellbeloved, LondonGreat idea. Bring back BR.
James Pauley, BoltonThe current situation is a fiasco and getting worse. Privatisation has only benefited the owners, not the customers.
Christine Cunningham, PlymouthAs you can see, Plymouth and Cornwall are at the backend of beyond according to those who run the railways. Anything south of Bristol does not exist. Enough said.
Mick Yates, DoverI’m a big supporter of re-nationalising the railways.
Ray Grey, MachynllethLets stop pretending the emperor has new clothes – this dog’s breakfast of a railway needs sorting out now.