Christopher Connery, BirminghamLong Overdue for changing, this nightmare called privatisation.
Marsh Stephens, HullBring back British Rail.
Anthony Gaunt, NottinghamThe free market has failed.
Geoffrey Duncan, Potters BarWe need the railways to be nationalised. It is totally unfair that the privatised companies make profits out of a public service.
Paul Williamson, CoventryBR gave us the 125 and 225. Privatisation gave us Voyagers – and taxpayers’ money syphoned off into tax havens and foreign governments.
Aaron Gray, BathBring back British Rail and the General Post Office, telephone and internet services too.
Yasmin Chotai De Lima , GravesendI take the train every day. It is inefficient and overpriced.
Toby Lister, BristolTime to end the farce that has become the privatised rail service.
Mike Parkinson, HarrowThe brief but successful nationalisation of the East Coast franchise proves that public ownership is best. Down with private profit from our nation’s essential services.
Rebecca Brown, BansteadIt’s ludicrous that Britain doesn’t have a fully-integrated rail system and that so-called public transport is, in fact, private.
Paul Manzotti, West MidlandsBritish Rail cost the taxpayer half a billion a year. Today, the rail network costs us £5 billion. A stunningly successful privatisation then!
Jo Lawson, NottinghamThe experience of the East Coast line says it all. More profitable, more customer-focused, less about profit.
Katerina Turner, ChelsmfordThird world service for first class prices. I’m sick of spending insane amounts of money on trains that are terrible.
Shane Storrow, PembrokeshireBring back BR.
Tim BIt would be easy to re-nationalise services as the franchise comes up for renewal, giving rise to a gradual re-nationalisation of our network.
John Eaton, High PeakThe present system is much too complicated and wasteful, set up to make money for financial institutions etc., rather than to run an effective railway.
Timothy Laurence, ReadingCustomers are fed up with escalating fares, poor reliability, awful services and not enough carriages. British trains, built in Britain for the British people.
Simon Short, RochdaleThis country needs to catch up with the rest of Europe by having a viable public transport system.
Richard Bowyer, DurhamAll the nonsense of a privatised rail network should be overturned. Does history teach us nothing?
James Scott, HullBring back British Rail.
Toby Starr, CrawleyPlease keep our rail network British and invest.
Kerry Pickett, BrightonFor the people.
Darren Pye, LeedsPassengers before shareholders.
Lucy Gaster, LondonThe rail service in this country has only got worse and more expensive since being privatised. Run it for the people not the fat cats.
Oliver Hughes, LiverpoolBritish Rail, built for the people to travel; for work or enjoyment. We should not be subject to exploitation and high fares. The Tories sold it. We want it back.
Benjamin Blake, CrawleyBring it back to the people.
Phillip Crosby, LondonRail companies are above the government and above their customers. They are not held responsible for their poor service. They cripple the country.
Junait Chakman, LondonEnough is enough.
Philip Spencer, ManchesterPrivatisation of public transport is not working. Give it back to the public and it can be great. See Germany as a perfect example of great transportation.
Colin Naisbitt, Stockton-on-TeesPlease re-nationalise the railways.