Carl Clifton, NottinghamPrivatising the rail network is the stupidest Idea ever lobbied for by money-grabbing racketeers.
Robert Swanepoel, EdinburghI support this.
Suman Joshi, LondonEast Coast Line. That is all.
Ryan Martin, PooleReduce cars, link towns and villages, create more jobs. This has to be the only way in consideration of the growing population and numbers of vehicles on the road.
Roddie Arnott, EdinburghIt seems sheer folly that as a country we now pay more in state subsidies to the private providers than we ever paid for British Rail
Jonathan Goode, CaterhamRe-nationalise the current rail system.
Denise Morell, Newbiggin-by-the-SeaPassengers before profits please.
Dan Mills, EssexOur train network in England is a joke and needs reform.
Brian Adamson, Newcastle-upon-TyneI want it to be kept as British Railways.
Alessandro Marini, GlasgowThis is extremely important, not only for our economy, but for the people who live in this country. People are unable to see each other due to high travel fares.
Will Wilkie, BridlingtonIt shouldn’t cost the same as a flight to another country to travel from Kings Cross to Edinburgh. Private companies worked in the past, but not in the modern era.
Daniel Moorcroft, BoltonPublic transport must be taken back into public hands. We are paying above and beyond for a poor service. The service is heavily subsidised with high ticket charges.
Margaret HuntAbout ticket pricing. I had to tell USA tourists why I had a saver return ticket with seat (£12) to London & they paid £92+ each to stand.
Jen Hall, ManchesterThe UK is a horrible anomaly in the world. Public transport should be affordable for everyone. Let’s re-nationalise our rail and put people and the planet above profit.
Gill Hanham, Berwick-upon-TweedThe rail network should be part of a strategic national transport infrastructure, not a mechanism for shareholders to make a profit.
Martin Alcock, Stoke-on-Trent.At least Ronnie Biggs wore a balaclava.
Mike FriendIf you have to travel from Plymouth to London you really only have one route, so where is the ‘competition’?
Christine Gibson, LeedsI could not agree more.
Ken Jones, BicesterIt seems like this privatisation was completed using the worst of the umpteen awful schemes thought of at the time. It costs the taxpayer more now than it ever did.
Ternan Macnamara, ThirskThe first experiment in private management of transport in this country ran for 100years – the turnpike system. It ended because it was useless and expensive.
Innes Ross, KilmarnockIconic.
Dario Giudici, StevenageI joined British Rail in 1983 and am still in the industry today. I can’t believe we pay people to run a service so that they can make a profit.
Paul Taylor, LeedsThe recent move to sell off East Coast Mainline is a betrayal of all the people of this country in favour of one section of it. Disgraceful.
Jill Malenoir, AndoverSince the sell-off, prices have gone sky high. Occasional travellers cannot afford the fares, trains are crowded, even at off-peak times.
Stuart Malcolm, PenicuikFar too much profit going into people’s pockets, and not enough going back into the British Rail network.
Jesse Vrchota, Fort WayneHi. I’m a locomotive engineer in the USA. I’ll be more than happy to put a sticker on every unit I’m on. I’ll help spread the word.
Adam Anderson, SheffieldLet’s get rid of this farce of free market idealism gone too far. The person buying the ticket has no choice but to add to the profits of the local monopoly.
William Howells, Great MissendenSince Deutsche Bahn took over Chiltern Railways, it has fallen from the best operators to one of the worst. The whole system is collapsing. We need re-nationalisation now.
Kieran Murphy, Hemel HempsteadThe East Coast Mainline better than everywhere else. Enough said.
David McintoshDisunited, expensive and overcrowded, our once proud railways have been the butt of many jokes, for many years.