Philip Hart, YorkJust like the buses, the train system with its numerous operators is too complicated and far too expensive. I remember how well it all used to work as an integrated unit.
Daniel Scroggs, BristolI demand a re-unified national rail network. Capitalist gain is the operational cause of all failure on this planet. Provide for the people, not for their profit.
Rosie Roberts, EastbourneOutrage.
Keith Hutchison, AlfretonIt should never have been privatised in the first place. While we are at it we should re-nationalise gas, electricity, water and all of the other public services.
Tony Hoad, IlfordThe present system is fragmented and needs a common co-ordinated approach.
Angus Brown, EdinburghRe-nationalise British Rail!
Paul Gatenby, LiverpoolWe the taxpayers are already subsidising them. We should take them over and run the railways as a public service.
Kevin Price, NottinghamTrains should be accessible and far more affordable over longer distances, rather than using a car and the expense of fuel. Also more employment should be created.
Andy Pierce, WrexhamStop letting foreign companies rip us off.
Nicholas John, CardiffI would class China as a country with levels and standards below ours. Their rail service is amazing.
Glenys Hutchinson, Milton KeynesService of vital interest to the nation should belong to the people.
Trevor Castle, StevenageExtortion all for profits and no consideration for the customer.
Deb Tetley, LeedsLets take back our trains and make them work for us, not private companies.
David Stower, WatfordBring Back the system that worked, get rid of these private companies who are bleeding the travelling public dry.
Marko Kovacevic, LondonNationalising is pretty much the only way of making sure prices are kept low and protected from sharp rises.
M Godwin, BathFranchising services to First, South West Trains and other companies is totally pointless and costly.
Heath Thomas, ReadingWe, the British people, deserve a rail system that works efficiently.
Gordon McMillan, HuntingdonIt’s disgraceful that when the government does get hold of a franchise – i.e. East Coast, they can’t wait to float it despite making a profit on it.
Suzie Litton-Wood, DerbyIt would be great if it actually happened, but unlikely I fear with this Tory-led government.
Phil Broadis, NeilstonJust bring it back.
Ned Lane-Barry, LeedsBring back British Rail.
Jane Glaister, WakefieldThe sooner the better.
Carrie Machin, Stoke-on-TrentMy other half works for a subcontractor for Network Rail and is mistreated and unhappy with how they are treated both in and out of work.
Anna Kowalczyk, SalfordI want a national rail service to be proud of.
Toby Fenwick, LondonQuasi-competition has driven subsidy to unheard of heights and reduced efficiency. A single, publicly-owned and -operated railway is the best way forward.
Anthony Ryan, HullPrivatisation equals poor service and higher prices.
Martin Prior, GreenwichEverything is repeated several times over without any meaningful competition.
Thomas Meyrick, DorsetNice advert on the back of Private Eye.
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.