Michael Harries, PinnerEliminate the waste of all these different entities.
Fiona Nelson, Berwick-upon-TweedI would travel by train a lot more if the fares were more affordable.
Bobby Webb, ManchesterDo it for the good of the people, not for private profit.
Jennifer Buckley, PeterboroughRe-unite British Rail.
Mark Leith, ManchesterIt is insane that we have a system of legalised highway robbery, where we pay more now to private firms for them to make a profit.
Graham Kingdon, TruroPrivatisation is a modern disgrace.
Philip Dixon-Phillips, IlfordEnough of this franchise nonsense – just bring BR back.
Tim Shields, ChorleyIt’s about time we gave power over train prices back to the people and took the initiative to have more state-owned commodities.
Neil Cameron-Rollo, ClareThe current set-up is a farce, over-priced, difficult to use and set up only for the benefit of the shareholders.
Susan Tideswell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Even my father, with very right-wing sympathies, and who worked for BR, thought the privatisation was stupid.
Charlotte Peters Rock, KnutsfordWhat we have now is shambolic and has been ever since they split it. We need a re-joined rail network, with a slew of newly re-opened stations, especially in Middlewich.
Donna Ainsworth, LeatherheadI am tired of being late for work, late getting home, waiting nervously for trains at unmanned stations, and having no toilets or waiting rooms open on a cold night.
Hannah Holroyd, ColchesterToo expensive for such an unreliable service. The new increase is an absolute joke from out-of-touch people with no experience of the service.
Ian Clark, AylesburyIt should never have been sold off in the first place, Give it back to the people.
Maggie Burndred, Stoke-on-TrentAs long as they don’t bring back the sandwiches.
Peter Moore, LondonAbsolutely. Take our railways back! Common sense, surely? Urgent and so obvious now that we can clearly see the farrago that has emerged with privatisation.
Joanna Eckersley, LondonBring it back.
Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen, BathIt is high time that railways were run for the benefit of all passengers rather than the profits of private stakeholders
Jackie Smith, LondonIt’s got to be a joke the overcrowding on London trains and the regular price rises above the rate of inflation. Yet shareholders get returns and bosses get bonuses.
Sue Russell, BarnetVery soon our rolling stock and railways will be run by foreign countries. With the East Coast line the state has proved that it can operate at a profit.
Kevin Webb, AccringtonThe current rail structure is lunacy with no real competition anyway. I believe there are 23 companies responsible for different aspects of safety etc.
Kenneth Mudd, GuisboroughEast Coast mainline runs at a profit, so why not run them all?
Nick Chincotta, EastbournePlease bring it back as service sucks on a daily basis.
Ali Kheradnejad, NuneatonThe private sector can work side by side with national rail service but privatising everything in this country means we are selling our country.
Barry Davies, StaffordBritish Rail should never have been privatised and Virgin can cover the East Coast line costs from its West Coast profits.
A Clifford, Tunbridge WellsBring back British Rail soonest.
Barry Kelly, Market DraytonPrivatisation equals putting public subsidy into the pockets of greedy private cartels funding the political elite. Not really what a railway is for.”
Richard Jowett, BradfordI am sick of the private railways being a mechanism to transfer money from taxpayers to shareholders.
Tom Lovelock, LondonAs soon as possible.
Joyce Moore, LeicesterA fully integrated rail system – serving the whole of the country – can only be achieved with state control and ownership.