Antony Woolley, NottinghamPublic transport is a basic right that should never be run for the profit of private companies.
Luca Bickers, BrightonI believe that companies like Southern should not be allowed to steal our money.
John Evans, WestburyI’m a former BR employee at Westbury. Because of privitisation I was made redundant.It was a very sad day.
Peter Farrell, Tunbridge WellsThey’re not just privatising everything they can get their hands on. They’re closing all former nationalised industries. A socialist programme of action is the only answer.
Maureen Parnell, EdinburghPlease re-nationalise all the other railways and keep the East Coast public. The evidence is clear. It is so much better than the others.
Karl Madert, LondonFor the taxpayer not the shareholder.
B J Gibbons, SouthamptonThe subsidies to the privatised companies are going into shareholders’ pockets. We need a properly integrated service. Only BR can do this.
Alf Fisher, PottonOver the years, the government has sold off utility companies as well as British Railways, and, in my opinion, they were not theirs to sell.
Jill Lepper, StagsdenI totally agree that we need a consolidated British Rail again run for passengers not private profit.
Steve Mulvale, PadstowDon’t waste money on HS2. Just get us an affordable transport system.
Angela Banks, YorkPrivatised railways cost us more than when they were in public ownership and we see no profits.
Richard Royle, LancasterNo state subsidies for private operators to get rich at our expense.
Edward Niven, DundeeIt would be great to see the return of a great travel organisation..
Elwyn Johnson, BridgwaterMy wife recently endured an horrific journey from Manchester to Taunton standing for three hours in a space approx. 12 square inches in the stair-well of the train.
Aidan Shabaily, LiverpoolPrivate services do not work. Services should be government run as public services, not for private profit.
Angela Lloyd, NewportI have always loved travelling by train, as, when I was a child, my father was a guard.
Alexander Pike, HastingsI totally agree.
Benjamin Denton-Cardew, IpswichAside from GNER, Anglia Railways and Chiltern, privatisation has done nothing for the discerning passenger.
Robert Baker, GlossopI commute from the Peak District to Manchester every day and the state of the railways is poor. The publicly-run East Coast line proves that nationalisation works.
Leigh Anne Homer, NottinghamPlace the focus back on service, on trains with enough carriages, that run regularly and on time instead of how profitable it is and could be.
Sheila Francis, DoncasterThe break-up of the railway system has been catastrophic. Bring it back into public ownership so it can serve its customers not the greed of investors.
Carole Hope, BromleyTh current situation is a mess. Something which should be as straightforward as planning journeys and buying tickets can be a nightmare.
Wendy Hewlett, St Leonard’s-on-SeaIt should never have been privatised. Let’s get it back to how it was – having a national timetable. Bliss.
Neil Smith, SeafordA no-brainer. They should never have been sold off and should be back in the hands of the British people along with the other national assets that were craftily sold off.
James Dodd, SheffieldIf there’s profit to be made, then the profit should belong to the people and be further invested into improving the facilities for the better of us all.
David Hardy, Chester le StreetWe have to do something. The way the railway is run now is a total shambles.
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.
Keith Smith, HullThe rail system needs to be a national service. At the moment, it’s too fragmented. Unite it in public ownership.
Sheila Henderson-Squara, Whitley BayDisgusting way of selling tickets. Must be illegal, surely.
Fiona Crompton, BodminRail fares in this country are way too much – especially for students living in rural areas where transport is scarce.