John Morris, ChathamThe return of British Rail will see profits repaid to the Chancellor, not to private shareholders.
David Hughes, PontefractPeople should not be fleeced for needing public transport to get to work. How can the rail operators defend their extortionate price rises when services are getting worse?
Aaron Gray, BathBring back British Rail and the General Post Office, telephone and internet services too.
Bobby Sayers, LondonBring it back.
Helen Evison, HarrogateEast Coast rail, state-owned, more efficient than private rail companies, also given taxpayers’ money and costs more.
Barbara Wilcox, WatfordGive the railways back to the people. There has been nothing but trouble since they were made private.
Colin Hart, LowestoftOnce a pride in what we had, but now an embarrassment.
Dave Murray, Newcastle-upon-TyneIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
David Pearce, LondonAs a supporter of TUSC, I am 150% behind re-nationalising state infrastructure, including BR.
Chris Molyneux, NottinghamA public service does not have to make a profit. If it does, it certainly shouldn’t be given to private shareholders. The profit should be re-invested for the public good.
Karl Stevens, Milton KeynesPublic transport should be “public” and not funded by all the poor folk who have to pay inflated fares just to be able to travel to their jobs to earn money.
Andrew Bromley-Waugh, KentPrivatising the railways has been the biggest con job by the conservative party. It was always about profiteering for a selective clientele, and not serving the public.
Andrew Raine, OswestryYes I agree.
Ian David, BathStop this fragmented, disjointed shambles and have a railway run for passengers not shareholders.
Christopher MaddenAt least a re-nationalised rail service will be accountable to its users.
Dugald Cameron, GlasgowGet rid of the spivs and shysters from our railway.
Louis Graves, StockportStupid and unfair prices. Bring Back British Rail.
William Edwards, DarlingtonA national railway owned and operated by the nation for the nation in the interests of the nation has to be one of the most important publicly owned strategic assets.
J De Haart, LondonWorsening services for more and more money.
John Hughes, WirralWe are all in this together. BBBR.
Chris Helme, YorkI would like to see our great British rail network back in the hands of the people. All the other private companies have failed. Prices are ridiculously high and unfair.
Pat Gordon, HerefordBritish Rail, along with all the major utilities, should be re-nationalised and run by the people for the people.
Phil Robinson, Bury St EdmundsI fully support re-nationalisation of the railways.
Brian Binns, HarrogateWe must stop treating the railways as a way of filling private pockets with taxpayers’ cash.
Paul Leyland, ShawPrivatisation has been an expensive shambles, only made banks money, and has backfired as a way of scrapping rail travel.
Rod Siddall, SheffieldHaving shareholders creaming off huge amounts of taxpayers’ money never makes anything more efficient or cheaper. This is a lie which the public falls for time and again.
Chris McDonald, LondonThe fact that the taxpayer is now subsidising the railways to a greater extent than when they were in public hands and paying far steeper fares is a joke.
Graham Thorburn, Milton KeynesRe-nationalise all public utilities.
Michelle Hunt, BristolI’m not a big train user, just fed up with being ripped off by privatisation. It’s the same with Royal Mail.
Peter Gunn, GlasgowWe are the users. It was ours. Please return it.