Matthew Dalziel, DundeeA national rail network should offer affordable transport to the nation and thereby decrease the environmental cost of excessive private car use.
Joshua Bryant, WelwynYet again proof if any was needed that privatisation does not work.
Rory Douglas, KendalI want to be able to take pride in our rail network.
Peter Underwood, BirminghamStop the rip-off by private rail firms.
Daniel Jess, BerlinI come from London but moved away some time ago. I visit friends and family regularly up and down the country and am appalled by the cost and overcrowding. People not private profit.
Susan Hathaway, MorpethOh for the days of simple ticketing and onward journeys, and local trains waited for connecting services, and timetables that didn’t have wiggle room.
Peter Carbines, Sutton, SurreyBring back the Big Four at least.
Nathan Day, RedhillSimple. Enough is enough.
Robert Montague, Langley MillMajor gave our railways away, so how about having it given back to us on the same basis. In fact the people of Britain did not consent in the first place.
Ryan Martin, PooleReduce cars, link towns and villages, create more jobs. This has to be the only way in consideration of the growing population and numbers of vehicles on the road.
Kim Grais, LeedsThe privatisation of public services experiment is an unequivocal failure. It’s time to take it all back.
Mark Donoghue, DartfordPublic services are not for profit.
Michael Boty, WhitstableProfit should not be the driver. Passenger safety and satisfaction should be.
Ffran JonesAnd we are going nowhere ’til the trains are nationalised!
Tim Jokl, ManchesterOur railway network is a national embarrassment.
Geoffrey Gwaspari, BarnstapleThe time is now. End this madness.
Colin Rolfe, ChelmsfordThis needs to be back in the public sector. Why should tax payers keep bailing out these companies and then pay through the nose to line their pockets?
Padraig Curran, Bishop’s StortfordI spend a lot of time in France where the system works very well and is miles cheaper too.
Laura Howcroft, ManchesterBring back British Rail.
Rose Pearson, SunderlandPrivatisation has succeeded only in giving us one of the worst rail networks in Europe.
Kay Buckley, HuddersfieldBritish Rail should have remained in the public sector because the mayhem caused by ad hoc privatisation has wasted billions and upset so many people.
Angie Sandhu, LondonNationalisation of public services and utilities ought to be a no-brainer for any progressive person/party/group.
Steve White, BarnsleyEnd this privatisation madness now.
Robert Hicks, HardwickePrivately-owned and operated railways do not put the passengers first. Re-nationalise now.
Ali Newton, WarminsterIt’s about time that railways become publicly owned, to keep control of the cost and we massively need to improve the quality and culture of travelling.
Andrew Spyrou, LondonA public service should be run for the public, not private profit.
Islam Mohammed, BirminghamIt’s clear the re-nationalisation of the railways will lead to a more reliable, effective and affordable rail service. Privatisation is profiteering at taxpayers’ expense.
Barry Wilkinson, AldershotRe-nationalise the railways. They are for transport for all of the nation and should be nationally owned.
Tom Tyler, KentThe system we have at the moment is not working and is not very good!
Rupert Kavanagh, Sudbury, SuffolkOnly criminals want things privatised, beginning with the Nazis in Germany.