Hugh Pashley, SheffieldThe franchise system is a shambles as illustrated by the West Coast Mainline fiasco. Use of taxpayers money to produce profit for shareholders is a scandal. Stop it now.
Farouk Sohawon, LondonBringing the railway network into public ownership will put some order in and focus on the industry.
Guru Krishnamurthy, LondonIt is high time we reclaimed the railways which should be a public service. Public money should never be paid to supplement private sector profits, as is being done now.
Mark Allen, BoltonKeep railways in the public sphere, not privately-owned.
Gillian Harris, LancingRailways for progress not private profit. One government-owned company for cheap fares and efficiency.
Stuart Smith, WiganI want the service I pay for! Is that too much to ask for?
Paul Smith, LeicesterPublic transport is as it says for the public and as such should be owned by the public.
Jamie Walsh, WatfordEnd the greed.
Daniel Shooman, BangorTrains should be cheap and reliable and all the income should be re-invested to continuously improve the service.
Neil Dexter, WorksopPassenger safety is before profits. To have a transport infrastructure that puts profits before safety is beyond belief.
Mark Ricketts, PlymouthThe railways have gone down since privatisation. Bring back not-for-profit British Rail.
Richard Hosking, West MeltonSome times not enough seats – poor, poor service.
Susannah Gresves, HastingsThe only answer is re-nationalisation.
Anthony Dent, LondonThe only way to have a unified rail system and cheaper fares.
John Loney, WokingThe UK railways must be comprehensively directed and managed for the benefit of the British public and not the commercial companies that currently ‘own’ our railway system.
Aj Dehany, LondonWe pay far more in subsidies than we would if we just owned the railways. The service is disconnected and prohibitively expensive.
Keith Hall, SheffieldI agree with this. Also stop trying to privatise NHS.
Joel Sargeant, Narre WarrenWe should make sure that the people who own the railways, i.e. the public, should be British.
John Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe railways should never have been privatised. It’s a mess.
Sandra Robinson, BedfordI commute with First Capital Connect, robbed of £4k per year. Rising fares and sinking service.
Richard Bowyer, DurhamAll the nonsense of a privatised rail network should be overturned. Does history teach us nothing?
John Dady, EnfieldIt makes sense on so many counts.
David Long, LichfieldA very just fight.
Andrew Nix, LondonThe railways should be a public concern, serving the public, not wealthy shareholders.
Tony Tyler, Letchworth Garden CityIt works so why mess it up again.
Lee Lovelock-JemmottBring back public utilities.
Geoffrey Richmond, NottinghamI’m not a regular user of trains but believe profits better spent on rail infrastructure than high executive wages and company profits.
Alan Clare, BostonBring it back to the people.
David Hornsby, ShipleyRe-nationalise the rail network and put the customer, not profits, first.
Lawrence Roberts, WinchesterOver-priced fares are killing the country.