Ann Newton-Marcial, EastbourneIt should have been taken back into public ownership years ago.
Ian Thornton, PortsmouthSome things shouldn’t be left to an investment gambling ring. The right to travel is one of them.
Paul Tidmas, DartfordThe railways are poorly run and expensive and a small number of people are making massive profits on this shoddy service.
Ronald Donnelly, Burgess HillWhy should train profits go to overseas investors and not recycled into the system?
Martin Cooper, LondonBring back a real rail service instead of the disgraceful, inept, chaotic, money-grabbing, rip-off amalgam of companies who value only short-term profit.
David Smith, Weston-super-MareIts time to stop the subsidies, for fat cats and share holders at the expense of the tax payer.
John Conley, RosythCrap service from the mainline companies except from East Coast. I wonder why.
Stan Laight, SheffieldPrivatisation of our railways has been a disaster. Our railways belong in the hands of workers.
J Mark McCoy, LondonThe current rail system is an expensive shambles, rip-off for hapless passengers and an embarrassment to all.
Graeme Mclean, AberdeenPut service before profit.
Julian Wagstaff, EdinburghRail privatisation was madness in 1993 and remains madness in 2013. A massive public subsidy of private profit. Re-nationalisation is not just sensible, it is essential.
Francis Saunders, The Hague, NetherlandsI’m in full support of a sensible and fair rail system. Stop them charging us exorbitant fares for travelling on our own railway, and give us back the control.
Peter Tatchell, LondonPublic services should be under public ownership and control – not for private profit.
Mark Waterer, AshfordRailways were privatised so why is the government spending £50bn to build a new line only to hand it over to a private operator for the benefit of a few people?
Thomas Hallam, LondonI do want Britain’s Railway back into our hands.
Ben Bebbington, SandwellThe rail system is clearly a natural monopoly. Why are its profits going to private companies, not the British people?
Terrance Dobbins, WirralOut of all the countries I’ve travelled to, trains are most expensive here. Constant delays, cancellations, charged extra in peak times. All for what?
Lynn Evans, Stourport-on-SevernNationalise all utilities.
Diane Simmons, DerbyThe present system is not working. Fares are sky high but the trains are over-crowded, late and dirty. The public is being short changed. Bring back British Rail.
Lindsay Hatherley, LampeterTransport is for all, not just the rich. Give us back what is ours.
Keith Hall, SheffieldI agree with this. Also stop trying to privatise NHS.
Paul Crisp, StocksfieldBillions upon billions merely pissed away offshore – utterly corrupt, insane, incompetent, vicious Tory lunacy.
Karen Christmas, YorkHopefully, one day we might get back to one kind of National Rail provider, stopping all private investors milking our system.
Michael Wright, WorkingtonAfter all the corruption, the mess-ups, the inflated fares, is it not time we brought back British Rail? Yes, it is.
Adam Moon, BristolGranted I know Network Rail are trying to modernise the railway but they’re using taxpayers’ money anyway so it should be kept public.
Thomas McAnea, LondonLying thieves at the train operating companies, extorting enormous profits from taxpayers whilst running third world services. It is a scandal.
Gwynant Cwmbowydd, Nant GwynantEven though the Tory government is in the process of privatising Royal Mail, there is still hope of re-nationalising the railways.
Patricia Ekins, SheffieldJust bring British Rail back.
Jan Parry, BristolPublic transport should not be for private profit.
David Ashton, HitchinA well-run public transport system is an essential part of a sustainable society. A properly-funded, publicly owned rail system a key element, less expensive than private.