Daniel Shooman, BangorTrains should be cheap and reliable and all the income should be re-invested to continuously improve the service.
Sally Weston, WarehamBring back our railway.
Nigel Ball, SheffieldState-run rail systems are efficient and affordable. Try Deutsche Bahn.
Mary Salisbury, VentnorThe railways should belong to the people of the UK, not corporates.
Barry Norman, Milton KeynesBring back British Rail is very important. Safety, cheaper rail fares are needed.
Peter Knight, FolkestonePeople not profit.
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.
Andrew Eglon, ChristchurchThe government keeps banging on at us to use public transport, car share etc. yet they hike the prices up making it merely impossible for people to use it.
Frances Brown, CambridgeRe-nationalise the railways. One railway equals safety and reasonable prices, and therefore means that ordinary people can afford to use the trains.
Kevin Mulhall, NewarkI am ex BR retired (ill health) supervisor who lost my job because of the Iron Lady.
Augustin Belza, Great GonerbyPrivatisation of rail services has failed. We have a disjointed expensive system. The East Coast line proves that as a publicly run service the rail system can work.
Simon Reynell, SheffieldPublic transport should be run in the interests of the people who use it, not private companies who want to profit from it.
Andrew Clubb, AberdeenDoes this Government sell off their own family silver or just the country’s. They are catching up with Gordon Brown.
Patricia Gore, LeedsThe truth is that the taxpayer still subsidises the railways to a huge amount. It is only privatised in the sense that the profits go to shareholders, not the taxpayer.
Kenneth Robertson, GlasgowIt should never have happened in the first place.
Mark Slater, CaterhamThe most efficient franchise is publicly run. Government funding of the railways has soared since privatisation. It has been an expensive failure.
Cameron Sanderson, LondonTravelling around the UK, whether for leisure, work or family visits, should not be costed at such a high price as to be prohibitive without booking weeks in advance.
Florence Arthur, EdinburghIt is not working, late trains and profits going to faceless people, where it should be taking care of passengers. There are not enough carriages for folk to sit down.
Joan Darling, Newcastle-upon-TyneProfits should go to improvements not to shareholders.
Conal DunnThere’s a fat chance of this happening under the current regime, and with UKIP popular too.
Linden Stafford, ExeterRail privatisation was a bad idea when the Tories introduced it. It is now difficult to plan a long-distance journey and prices are exorbitant. Plan for need, not profit.
Malcolm Padmore, ChesterProbably split up into competing lines – West Coast, East Coast etc.
Steve Jackson, WellingPlease bring back British Rail and get rid of South Eastern Trains.
Diana Reddaway, Welwyn Garden CityPublic transport should belong to the public, not to money-grabbing shareholders.
Steve Barrett, NottinghamIt’s a disgrace at present.
Martin Jones, LondonWe have the opportunity to make public services work well, and avoid the compromises of the first British Rail.
Alison Harris, PontefractRailways and other forms of public transport should be subsidised by the state for the benefit of the users and employees and not for shareholders in private companies.
Jan Shortt, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe debacle of franchising for East Coast mainline services (making a profit for taxpayers) is exactly why private companies should be kept out of public services.
Cyril Fitzgerald, PontypoolThe UK tax payer has subsidised rail companies by £102.68billion since 1985, together with rail fare increases of up to 300% since 2004. It’s a disgrace.
Mona Johnson, StockportWe need to adhere to the European standard. We subsidise it in any case. In France, Belgium etc. there are clean fast trains that run on time.