Patrick Hilley, KeighleyStop the subsidies and the share prices will fall to a level which the government can buy the rail companies out.
Will Benton, Godalming£4,116 for an annual season ticket to work – 20% of my income. What for? Slow trains, sitting on the floor and heated carriages in the summer. BBBR I say!
Philip Corbould, RugbyI do not drive, I use public transport all the time. It most definitely should be run not-for-profit. It’s a service, not a money-grabbing opportunity, or at least it should be.
John Webber, WareBring back our railways.
Greg Marshall, NottinghamStop profiteers making a packet out of ordinary people.
Maria Ali, ManchesterHelp more people commute and get to work cheaply.
Suhail Iqbal, EdinburghI’m a regular user of East Coast franchise since 2010 and it’s head-and-shoulders above the rest for service and value for public. Re-nationalise natural monopolies.
Joshua Montague-Munson, LondonA nationalised railway network is the only sustainable future for mass transit in the UK. It would benefit the economy and people in myriad ways.
Kath Lockhart, SedberghPublic transport has no place for spivs. It is a basic human right.
Ian Kendall, LedburyIt worked well before and you could travel by different routes without hassle. An efficiently-run BR would knock what we have now into a cocked hat.
Joyce Murray, BlythTo have a division between different train operating companies and the running of the track seems ridiculous.
Mike FriendAll the vast profits going into the transport companies and shareholders should be re-invested back into the system.
William Paul Brook, CullercoatsBeeching got it wrong in the 60s and the Tories got it wrong in the 90s. We need a unified rail transport system for the UK.
Kamal Ismail, LeicesterI’m fed up with private rail
Kevin Morrison, BlackpoolStop the wasteful fragmentation of our railways. Put the mega-profits back into the infrastructure to improve services.
Paul Nelson, EastbournePrivatisation of a national public service inevitably only looks to increase the bottom lines of a few. This must end. Bring back British Rail.
Tim Rolls, MorpethPublic service makes a profit for the public, and the priority is on service. Private ownership makes a profit for the owner, and the priority is profit.
Jean Tarran, LondonI do not agree with funds going to private shareholders or rail companies being owned by other countries.
Steve Dewey, LondonRailways in the south need to be brought back into public ownership.
Madeleine Howell, BathPrivatising the railways was the most stupid political decision after Beeching’s Axe. It’s time to do something about it.
Jan Parry, BristolPublic transport should not be for private profit.
Robert Thomson, LivingstonIt’s time to come back to British Railways and get rid of privatisation.
Nic Szeremeta, TorquayGiving a country’s infrastructure to profiteers is a bad joke.
Stephen Bamber, BarnsleyI’m a regular traveller faced with excessive price rises and busier trains. It’s another botched privatisation to join the rest. They just love making the rich richer.
Peter Robinson, DerbyIt is necessary to have a cheap and efficient public transport system (including railways) if we are going to combat climate change.
Stephen Sparkes, Ulverston150 years of learning best practice of running a railway was thrown away at break-up. Absolute stupidity. Some people always think they know better.
Richard Waltereit, Whitley BayMany of the private rail companies are foreign national rail networks, so it would better be one British Rail.
Stone Fitzgerald, RamsgateWe need a rail service that is not ridiculously more expensive than driving.
Brian Watson, RotherhamBring British Rail back under public ownership, and gas and electricity too if you ask me. Power back to the people.
Paul Holdsworth, SheffieldGood luck.