Ellie Harrison, GlasgowI just want to be able to buy a fairly priced ticket on the day I need to travel. I’m fed up with the free market and the madness of advance purchase deals.
Martin McCloghry, BrentfordThe public are being ripped off again and again.
Kevin Madden, BirminghamIt’s time to return all our assets to the people – water, gas, electric too.
Graham Ross, GlenrothesThis is undoubtedly the way forward for many privatised institutions.
Jamie Sims, DerbyRe-nationalise the rail system.
Russell Richards, ChelmsfordA public service such as rail should be run for the benefit of the customers it serves, not for the benefit of its shareholders.
Eric Sargeant, DerbyIt makes sense.
Andrew Lambkin, MalvernThe current state of the UK’s privatised rail systems exposes the gruesome lie that privatised everything is more efficient and delivers a better service. Re-nationalise.
Mike FriendIf you have to travel from Plymouth to London you really only have one route, so where is the ‘competition’?
Mark Cox, LondonI’m fed up of this untouchable extortion racket.
Ian McMillan, LiphookOh for a bit of joined-up thinking and long-term planning. Never, with our daft political system.
Christopher Wilson-Cooch, PrestonIf we live in a free country, how is it that many people cannot afford to get from one end of it to the other? The free market has failed and it’s time to re-nationalise.
Richard Apperley, Newcastle-upon-TyneI need an easy-to-use rail system where I can be confident that the ticket I buy will let me on any train going to my chosen destination.
Stefan Pierlejewski, StockportThere is a reason we all pay taxes. Water, health and transport should be priority.
Ken Taylor, SalisburyThe business structure is simply too complex and expensive.
AndiIt would be nice if Britain also still had some industry left in the form of locomotive and carriage manufacture, instead of having to buy everything from abroad.
Gabriel Miles, NottinghamI’m afraid this may be pointless, seeing how much it would cost to buy it all back, but it must be proven that selling it was wrong in the first place.
Patrick English, SheffieldOver-priced horrible trains ran for fat cats and not for the public good.
Adam Fisher, YorkWe need this.
Soizic De St John Rosse, TruroSort it out.
Richard Gillanders, LondonIf private enterprise can/will not run Railtrack/Network Rail, why should it operate the profit-making parts and hold fare-payers to ransom for an essential service?
Colin FlowerdayBritish Rail still exists so let’s have this wonderful company back and get rid of these rubbish private train companies.
John Seager, BasildonThey would be better in getting there than some of the others (apart from c2c.)
Peter Nisbet, GlenrothesIt is high time that control over the railways was put back where it belongs, under the control of the government and the people. Any profits should come to the system.
Brian Spurling, HarlowIf it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it. An old saying but true in this case.
Eithne Murphy, LeedsThe whole rail network should be given the opportunity to repeat the success of East Coast Rail.
Giles Hannaford, ShrewsburyBring back a cheaper, cleaner and more reliable service.
Rowan Braithwaite, CartertonAnd while you’re at it, repeal the legislation, rescind those contracts and reverse the privatisation of the NHS!!!!
David Lang, Hemel HempsteadA shambles, the East Coast line shows public enterprises are more effective than political dogma.
James Clark, GlasgowRe-nationalise BR.