David Ransom, BrightonRail should never have been privatised in the first place.
Matt Kingsnorth, ChelmsfordI work shifts and I’m fed up with sparse trains outside 9-5. I work in TV. Would you like it if I stopped your favourite programme because I had to get the last train?
Susan Golden, BridgwaterYes please. Let’s guard our rail assets.
Florence Arthur, EdinburghIt is not working, late trains and profits going to faceless people, where it should be taking care of passengers. There are not enough carriages for folk to sit down.
Linda Connor, Milton KeynesWith the railways being run by different companies it results in job cuts at Springburn, Glasgow and Wolverton Works for example.
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.
Emma Quinn, LondonThe train lines are currently run like a monopoly so why not re-nationalise them for the nation rather than fat cat businessmen?
Hector, CheshirePrivatisation was overseen by heartless, charmless, gutless, shameless individuals with boundless arrogance and monumentally misguided belief.
Ann Foster, LiverpoolWe used to provide non-stop InterCity services, had lots of local services, allowed any route and had routes to holiday destinations. Who said we don’t need these anymore?
Natasha Yee-KingThis should never have been privatised and, compared to other European countries, rail services in the UK are inefficient and overpriced.
Terence Charles Maddocks, BirminghamThat should never have de-nationalised it.
Rich Brassett, SawbridgeworthAt present no improvement in service or train conditions but yearly prices increase.
Francis Valentine, EdinburghThese companies are virtual, so it wouldn’t cost much to take them back. Get on with it.
Mark Boulton, LondonI’d love to see the back of all these brands and businesses.
Robert Masters, Newcastle-upon-TyneIt’s a total waste of taxpayers’ money, which is going straight into the bank accounts of greedy people.
Lawrence Green, LewesPrivatisation was a travesty.
Tina Audus, St NeotsI can’t believe the cost of a return to London. I thought the government wanted us to use public transport.
Linda Cornall, PeterboroughWe need a joined-up service.
Mike Walling, ExeterThis is an essential public service which should be returned as a nationalised industry. Past mistakes have been learned and the objective should be public service.
Mark Matthews, NorthamptonThe railway needs to operates as a unified mass transit system with adequate trains, staff and reasonable fares. I’m fed up with being ripped off by fat cats.
Roger Averill, NorthamptonThe railways are already nationalised, but it’s the people in Europe who own our railways. Take them back!
Jean Tarran, LondonI do not agree with funds going to private shareholders or rail companies being owned by other countries.
Paul Bright, BournemouthBringing back great British Rail would be great for UK business. Privatisation is a disaster. It’s time for our trains to come back.
Pat Ingram, ExeterIt is time all this privatisation stopped. There should be institutions looked after by a civil service.
Victor Martell, RhylPrivatisation has led to high fares and little improvement in service.
Graham Sykes, OxfordPrivatisation was supposed to benefit the rail travellers. The real and intended beneficiaries were the rail companies. Profit should have been re-invested in the network.
Margaret Robinson, Yarm-on-TeesA nationalised railway system would put people before profits.
Harry White, CheltenhamVote Labour. Renationalise the rails.
Angharad Bethan Davies, BristolWe were promised that privatisation would reduce cost and improve services due to competition but the exact opposite has happened.
Bernard Fraser, Thorne, DoncasterWe used to lead now we can’t even follow.