Paul Gatenby, LiverpoolWe the taxpayers are already subsidising them. We should take them over and run the railways as a public service.
Naomi Wallace, OtterburnStop wasting tax payer money on private rail. Bring back public owned transportation.
William Grant, SurreyI don’t use the rail network since learning to drive but a national rail network/provider seems to make good financial sense as long as it is allowed to modernise.
Neil Kempten, SudburyI don’t travel by rail because I don’t know how to go about getting a ticket. Nothing seems to be joined up, finding things out is difficult, so I’ll just clog up the roads.
Samuel Joshua, LondonBring back British Rail, please.
Gareth Bull, HoveI live in the Southern network area, British Rail cannot come back soon enough.
Hayden Sellick, Newton AbbotProletariats should unite wherever.
Peter Burrows, DunstableThe railways have for too long been an industry wedded to shareholders and profit and not to service delivery. That has to change.
Vince Clooney, TivertonI’m still astonished that we sleep-walked into so many privatisations.
Leigh Samuels, WolverhamptonJust look at the East Coast line. The way forward is to re-nationalise.
James Ellis, ChesterfieldStop HS2.
John Puntis, LeedsStaggering tripling of taxpayer subsidy since privatisation, lack of investment (e.g. in electrification), and fares going through the roof. Nationalise now.
Stephen Goodfellow, BradfordEast Coast RIP.
John Richards, ChristchurchIt took ‘vision’ to establish a national railway system, but it was blindness that took it apart. Are we willing to ‘see’ again?
Christopher Fox, BirminghamLet’s have an integrated railway.
Thomas Barlow, ManchesterOur trains seriously lag behind the nationalised systems of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, all of whom also have much cheaper fares.
Stephen Williams, Ashford, KentI wholeheartedly agree with your aims. Ex-British Rail employee, took voluntary redundancy in disgust after privatisation. RIP Bob Crow and John Green.
Miriam Henry, BristolFirst Buses need to be brought back too. It’s a poor service, serving shareholders’ interests first.
Johnr Foy, LiverpoolThey should never have been privatised in the first place.
Rob Hammond, BrightonPrivatisation and franchising has cost the taxpayer more than a publicly run service would, with no improvement in services.
Dylan Kilgour, MotherwellWhat’s the delay?
Terry Weldon, BasildonIn spite of the evidence of the East Coast line thriving under public control, the Tories intend to flog it off to their mates.
Ian Ward, BridlingtonIt’s time to take back control from fat cat shareholders and introduce cheaper travel.
Sandra Jervis, WakefieldPrivatisation was the worst thing that happened to the railways. We are pouring money into private companies’ pockets.
Denise Robson, GatesheadAnyone who has travelled on European trains knows that Britain has a rubbish rail system – slow, expensive, cramped and no longer fit to carry enough freight.
Mike FriendWe need a railway system that does not suffer from constant interference from transport secretaries who have no knowledge of railways or indeed transport.
Vicki Gilbert, North ShieldsI am chair of Tyne and Wear public transport users’ group. This is a network of 15 organisations fighting for an integrated public transport system.
Patricia Wormald, SheffordOur rail network should not be a profit-motivated organisation.
Helga Baggs, Old BuckenhamI do not use railways any more. Why should single fares cost nearly as much as returns?