Ann Barnes, YorkBritish is best.
Paul Heath, SpennymoorHow many other countries’ railways are private? Not many and look at the service they provide.
Ian Fraser, HarrogateEverybody, and the environment, benefits from an affordable, dependable and comprehensive public transport system. It should not be run for private profit.
Doug Craner, NottinghamThe public purse is always propping up private business!
George Ashley, SheffieldThe rail companies just attempted to shaft me by increasing their price in the middle of a transaction and their pricing structure is arbitrary.
Robert Taylor, ChorleyGive it back.
Sue Caro, LondonWhy should private rail operators who make huge profits and rip us off with high fares receive much higher subsidies than British Rail did? It’s daylight robbery.
Albert Wm Gosnall, Weston-super-MareBR was stolen from the British public in the most heinous crime of the 20th century.
Robin Harvey, Newcastle-upon-TyneMost efficient, profitable and customer-focussed TOC is East Coast, which is currently publicly owned.
Marianne Gaskell, WirralI can’t afford days out with my children on the train any more. They’re late, there’s not enough staff and never enough seats. Profits should benefit the country not shareholders.
Ryan McGrath, BristolPrivatised train services are a rip-off.
Grace Keeley, LondonImprove the train service, and make it more affordable prices for workers.
Alan Milne, EdinburghThe national rail network should be run for the benefit of the nation, not just for the profit of the few.
Andrew Duffin, MorpethIt is ridiculous that most franchises are owned by foreign state-owned companies
Steve O’Donnell, LancasterAlmost every country in Europe has state-run railways, all of which are better than ours. I know because I have used them extensively.
Andrew Thomas, AlfretonBritish Rail was never the best railway system in the world but it was a whole world better than the profit scamming bastards who run our regional railways now.
Ricky MillingI would love to go to explore England more during the weekends, but the price of travel just stops me. This is why rural towns and villages are closing down.
Richard Halton, High WycombeAll too regular peak time cancellations and short-formations have led to dangerous overcrowding for passengers. There just aren’t enough carriages to meet demand. Very sad.
Peter Horton, TwickenhamThe huge amount of profit that these privatised rail companies make is ridiculous, yet they still put up prices by as much as they can get away with each year.
Victoria Maclean, Telford21st century and our transport system is a shambles. There’s a lesson here – if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Definitely don’t sell it.
Barbara Webb, YorkPrivatisation has been a disaster. Let the state run the railways – they did a much better job.
David Lienard, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation is a capitalist threat to democracy.
Kieranne Page, LondonPrivatising the national rail network was the worst possible thing that could have happened to our national transport system. Bring back public control, not big corporations.
Edward Jeavons, CardiffThe ridiculous cost of rail travel is now pricing ordinary people out of this form of transport, causing traffic chaos and more damage to the environment.
Janet Ferry, BlythWe live in Northumberland and we want a train.
Sandra Brierley, ManchesterWe need to stop giving money to the private sector. They are rich enough.
Leslie Dalton, Weston-super-MareTrains for transport not profit.
Philip Macdermott, LondonWe should get value for money and not pour funds into the fat cats’ pockets.
Hayley Griffin, EdinburghAll we have now is privatised regional monopolies run for the benefit of shareholders. Let’s bring back service for passengers and freight.
Christopher Richardson, NottinghamRenationalisation is long overdue. The demand is growing. Perhaps even the cowardly Miliband will acknowledge that the stance of the Labour Party is pitiful