Chaz Coupland, BasingstokeAfter leaving school and joining British Rail it was supposed to be a career for life not just till 1998. What happened ?
Paula Du Spearman, RedhillOpen up the closed lines and bring back the platelayers. Put railway people in a real uniform.
Marie Macfarlane, GlasgowIt would be good to have rail travel available to all of us and the need for profit to be at the bottom of the priority list.
Michael Young, LondonPrivatisation hasn’t worked for the national good.
Stuart Daw, Newcastle-under-LymeWhat a way to run a railway!
Barbara Webb, YorkPrivatisation has been a disaster. Let the state run the railways – they did a much better job.
Martin Messias, LondonThe railways were broken up and privatised for ideological reasons, resulting in a costly mess. Re-integrate now and let’s have a co-ordinated cost-effective railway.
Natalie Henstock, LondonI have had to use a car as Southern is so unreliable for essential travel – like going to work.
James Dinsdale, MiddlesbroughPrivatisation does not work. The gas and electricity proves that we are all being ripped off.
Ann Bywater, LoughboroughMore profits for public services, less to greedy shareholders.
Richard Edwards, CirencesterRail privatisation was a hurried, botched disaster. Costly for the UK taxpayer and has brought no real long-lasting benefit. Bring it back under our control..
Eamonn Neilson, BelfastThe country and the people need British Rail back.
Jason Pak, Worcester ParkConsistently unreliable service which is delayed, cancelled, or re-routed last minute, with over packed trains, and increasing fares. Something needs to change.
Kieranne Page, LondonPrivatising the national rail network was the worst possible thing that could have happened to our national transport system. Bring back public control, not big corporations.
Alex Kay, LondonWe need a rail service, not unethical profiteering at public expense.
Roy Eyley, FarnsfieldAbout time too.
Roy Davis, CaerphillyThe rail network has become a cash cow for multi-national corporations. Any profits should be spent on improving the infrastructure.
Laurence Dowell, CorbyGet this right and more people will use the trains. Lower ticket prices and better trains. No shareholders, just us as the owners.
Maggie Good, IpswichBR was owned by the taxpayer. When it was privatised, any interest some taxpayers had was taken away, although they are still contributing to the rail system.
Simon Mercer, MaidstoneBring back national rail and the consistency it would bring.
Kristina Taylor, CardiffRailways are an essential environmental way of travelling around the country, and the government should be encouraging rail travel. Re-nationalisation is the only way.
Saul Blake, CambridgeBring back people over profit.
Susan Cason, DronfieldPublic funding for the railways should be for public ownership, not for private companies.
Alan Newstead, EastleighThe money wasted on all the companies involved in running the railways. All have a chairman and a board of directors etc.
Edward Antonyuk, LondonExpensive AF.
Mic Porter, Whitley BayStart with the East Coast line and take the others up as the current contracts end.
Ashley Sinani, LondonBring back British Rail.
Cora Lowe, Stockton-on-TeesEast Coast in public hands has given big profits to the government. We should not be giving all the profits to those who are already superrich.
Julian Bebb, TauntonPlease bring back British Rail.
Edward Cordell, Newark-on-TrentI generally moan the loss of our National Railway owned and run by us and not the French or German franchises. Lets pay the right price for travel not subsidising others.