Jennifer Holden, FavershamIt seems ludicrous to pay out enormous subsidies to private companies for a service that is the most expensive and arguably the worst in Europe.
Edward Carding-Moorhouse, NorthwichJust about every other country in Europe has retained its national rail system and invested in it. Why not us?
Irina Ozerkina, LondonDeliver good and affordable service so that everyone could benefit.
Angela Woolhouse, St. AustellPrivatised rail has got out of hand, when it cost more to take a rail journey than to fly to another country.
Roger Hawkins, MorpethRe-nationalise, but keep a limited role for the private sector in running some trains and ancillary services like catering.
Ewa Czarnecka, LondonEnd the exploitation of rail users.
Elaine Walters, LondonMost definitely.
Susan Cox, LondonIt worked better before, quite simply.
Nicholas Noble, ThursoGiven the abject failure of this experiment, it really is time to stop making the wealthy wealthier with public subsidy and run the railway for all of us.
Christina Pinder, Newcastle-upon-TyneRailways should be a public service not a profiteering business for the benefit of shareholders.
Dane Wotton, HoveI’m sick of being made late for work, dirty, uncomfortable trains and vastly overpriced fares that take a large and unfair chunk of my wages every month.
Linda Brachio, CroydonThe current privatised rail system is ridiculous. There is no competition on the privatised lines. It is just a licence to make money at the customers’ expense.
Owen Buddery, BrightonGTR, SWR, Northern Rail, Virgin West Coast, ScotRail are rubbish.
Pat Crawford, HelensburghBy the people for the people.
Peter Sains, Bishop AucklandWhose Railways? Ours. Give back our railways.
Paul Hill, ColchesterThatcher’s scum children will one day be shown by the people of this country that we come before their all-engrossing profits, which only benefit them and not us.
Nick Scarr, AldeburghPrivatisation of national structure is theft of public assets.
Bertie Shaw, DealI believe that without the involvement of private companies the railways would have little investment. I do believe in a national passenger operator (but just that).
Dwayne Wright, WolverhamptonThe competition argument doesn’t and hasn’t worked for our rail services.
Malcolm Ross, EdinburghIt’s sad that railways are taking more public money now than before privatisation.
Jeff Lewis, WarringtonThe current situation is a ruinously expensive absurd mess.
Jess Princeton, HitchinStop privatisation.
Tricia Davies, ThatchamWe are paying for it, but not owning it. A transport system should not be about profit, only service. It should be state-run.
Linda Milk, East DerehamI used to love rail travel, but it’s so complicated just buying a ticket these days that it totally puts me off. I haven’t been for over 20 years.
Brian Wilkinson, HarrogateI want to see an end to days where travelling on trains causes anxiety because employees treat passengers as potential cheats rather than decent citizens.
Andy Cordwell, BiggleswadeIt may have had its faults but BR was more economical about funding.
William Greenwood, CroydonAll profits made now could be ploughed back into a not-for-profit UK railway system.
Jonathan Waterhouse, RotherhamI’m labour through and through and would love to see some of the worst things Maggie Thatcher did to this country overturned.
Vikesh Mistry, LondonUnacceptable service at continually greater unacceptable prices. Please bring back British Rail.
Tony Ash, LondonBring back British Rail.