Gareth Valentine-Saunders, RiponWe have outdated trains, poor performance and franchises being allowed to bid for routes they have previously handed back (National Express and East Coast).
Graham Spence, Newcastle-upon-TyneEveryone knows it makes sense.
K Dietz, DunbarTransport should not be privatised. Look at the mess it has become when accountability is to shareholders instead of to passengers.
Neil Edwards, WalsallPrice rises will prevent me going to see my daughter or ever going to work. My local train service is rubbish, with trains always late and I can never get a seat.
Merlyn Cooper, AberystwythOne rail, one service, one monopoly. That’s not how capitalism optimises a service. Utilities are not for private ownership.
Amanda Child, BroadstairsThey should not have been privatised in the first place.
Christopher Thomson, ChelmsfordThe prices are beyond a joke. An end to privatised railway services must come.
Claire Crowley, EdinburghLetting our railways be run by foreign companies just means that the profits will go on improving their own rail networks instead of ours.
Roger Bowerman, LondonThe railways should be for the people and run by the people.
David Hurst, Newcastle-upon-TyneNow Thatcher has gone, it’s time we erased the odious Me! Me! Me! legacy she and her minions left behind and saw the return of services run for people, not profit.
Catherine Coxall, BirminghamHurry up and re-nationalise, but aim to make it even better than before.
Christopher White, BristolLet’s show some courage and invest in public transport.
Benjamin Walker, ManchesterPrivatisation of such a valuable service was a catastrophe from the start, so let’s rectify the mistakes of the past.
Stephen Baxter, GlasgowThis is self explanatory.
Rob Goddard, SouthamptonSouthern Rail is not fit for purpose, why does our government keep backing them.
Richard Norris, HullFor too long the profits of these private companies have been fed back into the pockets of shareholders at the expense of the British public.
Dave Keane, HastingsSimple. Each time a provider fails they should lose the contract. Then BR (or the equivalent) takes over. British Rail can then grow organically proving themselves.
Lee Pitchforks, GravesendI work for Network Rail. Bring back a nationalised company that has the country, employees and passengers at heart, not profit.
Pauline Mackintosh, NottinghamForeigners are bemused by the broken disconnected rail travel that we have. I am too. It is vital to have a joined-up, coherent service to keep business slick and safe.
Caroline Aperguis, NottinghamWe want a joined-up service that is not about companies competing to make huge profits from the passengers who have no choice in how they travel.
Iain McMurray, KilmarnockGreat idea.
Dave Spooner, YorkKeep up the good work.
Tim Mapston, LondonThey should never have been sold off in the first place.
R Ramsay, DundeeOther countries’ nationalised railways are now running chunks of ours. This is madness. Re-nationalise BR now. There could not be a better opportunity.
Harry Keane, Gillingham, KentPublic services should be run for the public good, not private profit.
Elaine Hill, Newcastle-upon-TynePlease can we have a publicly- owned service. The improvement to East Coast since public ownership has demonstrated this approach can work.
Sarah Markham, FlitwickPublic services are best. The railways need to be given back to the people who should own them, the people of this country, not those who just want to make money.
Margaret Tibble, LondonThe privatisation of British Rail has proved to be a huge mistake. Can we please learn from this one and re-nationalise it.
Daniel Whatmuff, London£249 for return from London to Leeds. Privatisation of the rail networks just doesn’t work in the best interests of the public.
David Humphreys, WrexhamWhen they brought in the new Railways why have it all split up with one company owning the tracks and another the stations etc. Bring it back under public ownership.