Liz Yates, High WycombeThe railway infrastructure and all other infrastructure should be owned by the state as, for example, in France.
Perryn Biggs, OswestryPrivatisation has not worked.
Philip Hodge, MiddlewichGive us back what is ours.
Patricia Sutherland, GlasgowPrivatisation has brought huge increases in fares, cuts to provision and poor services everywhere. Bring back British Rail.
Chris Ormerod, LondonThe problem with rail travel has been ignored by this government even though it has a huge impact on infrastructure, housing, environment and the economy.
Norman Fellows, Confolens, FranceWe need to restore the railway network to the commons.
Patricia Preece, LedburyWe regularly travel across the country, encountering delays due to cancellations, strikes etc. Different providers do not take any responsibility for the consequences.
David SterrattThere are good franchises and bad franchises, the system is geared up to being hit-and-miss and that’s the problem.
David Knox, TodmordenIt’s a ridiculously complicated system that is frankly embarrassing to explain to visitors. There is no logic. Bring back a normalised ticketing system that makes sense.
Phil Robinson, Bury St EdmundsI fully support re-nationalisation of the railways.
Stuart Wilson, NorwichThe unification of the train operators with the infrastructure is a must for a commonsensical rail network.
Phil Robinson, LancashireI’m sick of paying through the nose to be transported like cattle!
Osvalds Zarins, BicesterThe current railway system is a complete rip-off. I’m not paying the same as my week’s rent just to get to the airport.
Mark Reynolds, LondonRun the railways for the people and not for the benefit and profit of the private railway companies.
Richard Symonds, BroadstairsEast Coast is beating all the private companies. The best European networks are state-owned. Private rail is dear and dangerous.
Alex Malone, BristolI cannot feasibly use the trains any more at the absurd prices. It is daylight robbery.
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.
David Willingham, EastbourneMonopoly services should not be in private hands, particularly when they are essential. The money we pay in fares and subsidies should not contribute to private profit.
Robert Davidson, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe nation’s industries – working with vision.
John Seymour, SheffieldLet’s have a rail system where customer service not profit is the prime motivating force.
Emily Simpson, CarlisleToo much money is given away to other countries through private companies, it needs to stop.
Marianne Bennett, MilnthorpeThe nuclear industry is in public ownership and we pay over and over. The railway system should be in public ownership.
David Hamilton, SouthamptonPrivatisation has been a farce. The sooner British Rail is re-nationalised the better for all.
Jordan Smith, BristolStop the fares rip-off getting stupid.
Natalie Henstock, LondonI have had to use a car as Southern is so unreliable for essential travel – like going to work.
Brenda Baker, ChesterfieldBring it back to the good old days when I was young and could afford to go by train all the time on low wages.
Howard Shaw, PrestonIt should never have been privatised.
Oscar Ostrom, CroydonEvery single day, trains are cancelled or delayed, for months on end. This company is a joke. East Croydon to Victoria.
Ana Jolly, NottinghamPlease stop this profiteering racket.
Vince Rutland, NorthallertonThe railways were privatised as a result of political dogma which w