Alan Boyland, SouthamThe current railway system does not offer effective competition or serve its customers well, while funds are creamed off for private profit.
D Mackay, East KilbrideApart from anything else, it is allowing foreign companies to own our infrastructure which should not be allowed.
Mik Konstantinou, ChristchurchPrivatisation has made British railways the joke of Europe.
David Jones, Connah’s QuayI’ve just returned from Hamburg where I’ve been working for nine months. Trains, buses and ferry services are second to none, all on time and a fair pricing structure.
Audrey Pool, MaryportWe need a unified, affordable, clean, efficient rail network that works for everyone.
Michael Letwin, Brooklyn NYPrivatisation is not progress.
Duncan Gold, BirminghamRail privatisation is a disgrace, has been and continues to be. It’s a scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money.
Christopher O’Hara, GlasgowBring it back, as all the profit is going out of the industry and into the back pockets of the share holders.
David King, ExeterStop the fares rip-off. I would use trains if fares were affordable. Put freight back on the railway and take it off the motorways.
Richard Stott, Berwick-upon-TweedIt’s a disgrace that we pay more money in and get less out.
Lisa Mundy, PortsmouthI recently travelled on trains in Europe and China, superior to the UK and run for their people. UK get a grip and nationalise.
Robert Skillicorn, ChichesterPrivate companies are only interested in profit, not the customer or the employee. It’s time to give the service back to the people via the government.
Christine Sweeney, DurhamPrivatisation is a mess. It’s just ripping off the public and taxpayers.
Mike Cotgreave, LiverpoolI fully support a properly funded and publicly owned transport system.
Jean Richmond, NottinghamThis should be owned by us. East Coast line has made a profit in public ownership.
Gillian Harris, LancingRailways for progress not private profit. One government-owned company for cheap fares and efficiency.
Charles Anderson, Walton-on-the-NazeRun for profit with massive subsidies, not for the customer, with no come-back? How does competition work on the same lines with the same trains?
Paddy Keeley, BrightonSocial mobility has been devastated while profits are at record highs. Anybody would think it’s a plot.
Helen Amphlett, TewkesburyCompletely overpriced for the service and comfort of the trains. Always my last resort.
Daniel Wright, SouthamptonTrains are a disgrace. The timetable is never kept, and the network is a shambles.
Billie Soule, GraysStop charging the taxpayers double. Not only do the public pay their fares, but then they pay the train operators’ shareholders as well, by way of subsidies.
Robert Ibbotson, SheffieldThe Northern Rail franchise is a bad joke.
Niko W, BrightonOh Britannia rules the railwaves.
Chris Roberts, SouthamptonNationalisation is the only viable option to secure the future of the UK railways.
Robert Coleman, LiverpoolLet’s do it now.
Paul Caruana, DunstablePlease.
Jim Fisher, LutonPrivatisation of major public services is an excuse to pass public money to the rich at the expense of the majority.
Ray Watson, WesterhamThe railways should serve the people, not Network Rail directors.
Richard Smith, BungayWe need a national railway network that the whole nation can be proud of – not the shambolic mess that we have now.
Sue Fairweather, DanburyTake a leaf out of the East Coast mainline’s book, taken back into public hands successfully.