Joe Kelly, CambridgeThe railway should be run for the good of the UK, not shareholder dividends.
Emma Macbeth, OxfordI once tried to get a refund at Liverpool Street for a ticket I’d bought in Luton. That experience alone is enough to make me think this madness must end.
Rebecca Rimmer, NewburyI cannot remember the last time I had an enjoyable journey on a train in this country. Too busy, ridiculous prices, always delayed, missed connections. It’s a joke.
Angela Sansam, HarrogatePrivatisation has been a complete disaster and has definitely not brought benefits for rail users.
Mark Tibbutt, WorcesterIt must happen now.
Richard Barraball, BrightonThere should be investment in longer platforms and trains so that each ticket sold also has a seat. Also commuter only trains during rush hours so nobody has to stand.
Geoff Roberts, RickmansworthPrivatisation of strategic national assets is just a funnel from the pockets of users and taxpayers to those of shareholders.
Ann Pears, CambridgeMore people would use the railways if they were reliable, accessible and cost less.
Keith Wallis, GosportI agree. What we are seeing is legal larceny for the privatised railways to make annual profits in excess of 100% and still accept public subsidies.
Dennis Bridges, LondonDo I need to explain why bringing the train network back in house is a good thing? Surely the greedy mismanagement of the private sector has already done it.
Paul Duckett, WindermereIf all the money spent on this stupid privatisation had been invested in BR we would now have the best rail system in the world. Peter Parker rest in peace.
Susan Nutt, BlandfordBring back a nationalised rail system. If private companies can make money, so can a nationalised system.
John Jones, LondonFor heaven’s sake, can anything be better for the country as a whole?
Helen Sills,East Coast mainline now in public ownership is a success. Anything which turns back the iniquitous tide of privatisation is to be strongly supported.
Luke Thompson, HuddersfieldFares are unfairly high and the service is a shambles. Delayed trains are almost expected nowadays and this is as a direct result of privatisation.
Wayne Fitzpatrick, RamsgateI’m 100% behind Bring back British Rail.
Ian Walker, Milton KeynesPrivatisation is an utter shambles.
Brian RacherThe public transport system must be attractive enough to leave your car at home, thereby helping to save the planet.
Jurek Narozanski, EalingIt is instructive to note that SNCF, DB, FS SNCB, RENFE are all socially owned and remarkably they work and are affordable. Not so the over-priced mess that is the UK.
Philip Gibbard, CambridgeThe railways should be a publicly-owned, fully integrated, modern service, not a money-making machine for a few greedy companies subsided by the taxes.
Michael Doherty, GloucesterIt was never going to work.
Brian RacherIn an ideal world we would have an integrated transport system. Simple, straightforward and easy to reach your destination.
Stephen Russell, PeterboroughRail was a privatisation too far.
Angela Briggs, LondonThis is the only country I know where you can’t travel at weekends without hassle and where you can get fined for travelling with the ticket you bought in good faith.
Nick Prince, StaffordshireI love traveling by train but now, even with my rail card, it is becoming too expensive to use the West Coast and yet the fares still keep rising.
Kate Rowland, TywynAll service companies should never have been privatised.
Paul BrightA new great British Rail is central to the UK being suitable for international meetings at the heart of Europe.
Richard O’Sullivan, LondonRail fares keep going up and up when services do not get better. This has to stop.
Alex West, BournemouthStop the scandal of private train companies running a monopoly service.