Kathleen Hines, WashingtonThis service was much better before being given back to the private sector and it was making a profit.
Luke Stratton, AlresfordTime to get this outrageous Tory notion wiped off of our British image.
Gavin Jones, AddlestoneWhy do I pay more for a shorter journey? Ticket from Weybridge to Kew Bridge is cheaper than the shorter journey from Addlestone. I hate the railway companies.
JamesI support you fully against this greed and want the link broken between private corporations and ministerial back-scratching.
Rex Maybury, Norton, DoncasterAlthough I’m a pensioner and do not pay train fares I agree with your actions.
Dylan Evans, Market HarboroughRates by private companies are disgusting. Its cheaper to drive which should not be the case.
Ben Millis, LondonWe were passengers, then we were customers, now we are parasites. Nationalisation is progress.
Trevor McEneff, WiganBring back British Rail.
Paul Barrow, BrightonAfter living in France and Italy and Germany and using the rail networks there, I fully support the re-nationalisation of our rail network. Our system is a farce.
Dr A R Greenway, TeddingtonWe have a rubbish railway system unworthy of a great country – which invented railways! And all thanks to grossly incompetent and dogma-driven Tory policies and practice.
Peter Hay, DarlingtonI regularly travel on Cross Country. Compared to East Coast, the trains are overcrowded, noisy, a poor service and often blocked toilets. Profit has been put before people.
Terry Hudson, DarlingtonEast Coast service proves that the railways can make money under public ownership. All public services and utility companies ought to be re-nationalised.
Antony Hearmon, LondonAll utilities, mail etc. education, services, transport should be apolitical and not run for private profit.
Kathryn Foster, KeighleyWe must have a public railway owned by all of us. It is ours and public ownership means a safer service.
Virginia Griffin Monk, LondonWhen British Rail was privatised, I was concerned about a fragmented and uncoordinated service. I think this is what we now have. Bring back BR.
Tahir Amin, ManchesterBring back British Rail.
Anthony Moule, KnebworthI’m sick to death of being ripped off to pay shareholders.
Steven Harland, BradfordThe Tories privatised a lot of things from Maggie Thatcher onwards. The biggest mistake was our railway. It’s not British now. It’s time to buy it back.
Oliver Laraman, WhitstableScrew the overpriced fares! We need re-nationalisation now.
Richard Gregory, BasildonNo public service should be privatised. The railways were more convenient and cheaper when nationalised.
Roger Gowers, TelfordTrack, rolling stock, time-tabling, maintenance planning, financing all run by one organisation working for the same purpose. What’s wrong with the common sense of that?
Simon Jones, BromleyWe need a joined-up train service run in the public interest, owned by the public.
Harvey Jackson Booth, HuddersfieldI work in the rail industry and I am sure what I have been told was that it was so much better under British Rail.
Nic Fellows, WallsendStop this rip-off. Rail and all essential services should be publicly owned.
Tim Singleton, Ashton-under-LyneBring it back.
Neil Tattersall, YorkPrivatisation clearly doesn’t work.
Linda Jenkins, OxfordI believe that certain organisations should not be privatised at all. That means railways, and the NHS.
Ewan Stewart, EdinburghAs a frequent user of rail transport and a strong believer in public ownership for public services I believe it is imperative that the railways are re-nationalised.
Sophie Bramley, WinchesterWith the climate crisis reaching breaking point, cheaper public transport just makes sense.
Sandra Hanna, SelbyWasted money on private franchises – not good value for the general public.