Simon Pickles, EnfieldRail, NHS, Mail. These are core social services and should not be run for profit. Directly Operated Rail has proved this will work.
Ryan Board, LondonMy grandfather used to revel in taking me around the country on British Rail. It was classy, romantic and visionary, and with its unrivalled history.
Garry Blackmore, BradfordTransport for the nation, not for private profit.
Karl Madert, LondonFor the taxpayer not the shareholder.
John Murray, GillinghamIf we get it back into public hands I hope we get fair prices so that we can enjoy our country on the trains.
Aaran McCarthy, WarringtonBring it back.
Ethan Lee, FifeBR was excellent.
Gareth Gwyn-Jones, BarnetRail privatisation – made for ideological reasons and to remove subsidies from government funds. Now subsidies are higher than before. I.
Simon Brandon, LondonI see no reason why fares should rise under privatisation.
Colin Carpenter, BedfordWe need to unify the railways again to make them much cheaper for us to use, so we need British Railways back again.
Thomas JohnstonBritish taxpayers paying to keep European fares low.
Fiona Potter, BillericayUnification is the only logical and efficient way to bring mass rapid passenger transit into the 21st century.
Beverly Chadwick, StourbridgeRail fares are too high, it’s as simple as that. Rail travel now is a total rip-off.
Perryn Biggs, OswestryPrivatisation has not worked.
Martin Read, CardiffChoice’ turned out to be no such thing.
Catherine Kell, LondonI use the service monthly and it felt better when run by the government. I also object to tax payer bail out.
Kate Doyle, CambridgeIt would be nice to get a service that worked. Train travel is brilliant. When you pay for a seat you should get one. It should be run for people not profit.
Geoffrey Bottoms, SheffieldPeople before profits.
Joseph Callow, BournemouthIt is absolutely ludicrous that the national rail is privatised with the fares going up every year faster than wages are increasing. They need to be re-nationalised.
William A Tinsley, YorkWhy fragment a system that proved itself for many years until the Tory Party decided to cure the patient by hacking it into small pieces instead of a small jab.
Marie Craven, BaildonReturn British Rail to the British people.
Michael Gale, LondonPrivate monopolies don’t work. There is only one rail network and there should be one public organisation running it.
Richard Paul, StroudThe rail fare-structure alone is madness, plus I’m a passenger, not some customer to be ripped off.
Brian Watson, RotherhamBring British Rail back under public ownership, and gas and electricity too if you ask me. Power back to the people.
Martin Langford, BridgendThe present system is definitely not working. All those subsidies are not being used to improve a woefully inadequate and extremely expensive service.
Steven Wood, GooleThe public service network – trains, roads, cycle lanes and buses is basically rubbish, badly run, expensive and always late, It needs laws to improve or sack those running it.
Phillip Challinor, WarringtonPlease re-nationalise our national rail. Privatisation has been a shambles and our rail system is an embarrassment, despite the contrary claims of the rail companies.
Jana Jeruma-Grinberga, EnfieldThe opposition to public ownership of railways is ideologically based, and flies in the face of the evidence.
Neville Redvers-Mutton, RamsgateSeason ticket costs are unsustainable – complete 21st Century re-think of UK railways NFP funding model required.
Richard Roberts, HuntingdonI fully support the re-nationalisation of all public services. The clue as to where ownership should be is in the description. Germany and France recognise this.