Denis Keenan, OssettBritish Rail ran a cohesive service, with trains that actually connected with each other. This is no longer the case with private operators.
Patricia Wormald, SheffordOur rail network should not be a profit-motivated organisation.
Keith Davies, BangorBring back BR and get the job done properly and with better value.
Steve Fairfax, NewcastleThe East Coast mainline is demonstrating how it can be done.
Karl Groom, BracknellI would like profits currently paid to shareholders put back into our services and not have them sold off in the fist place.
Roger Higgs, BudeThe provision of essentials like water, power and transport should obviously not be in private hands.
Alison Goodrick, Barrow-in-FurnessBring back British Rail. Current rail travel is too complicated, too expensive and not user-friendly. I travelled on better, easier, cheaper trains in Romania and in Rome.
Marc Carless, St AlbansWhile I never lived in the age of British Rail, it was in a better state than our current railways. Bring back NSE, Bring back provincial, bring back British Rail.
Norman Farenden, PooleBring back British Rail and put our money back into Britain.
Graham Thomas, KidwellyThe sooner the better. Let’s put an end to what foreign investors call the UK – Treasure Island.
Paul Thomas, CardiffIt’s about time to re-nationalise and invest the profits back into the railways, not the shareholders.
Kristian Quillinan, SloughWe need it.
Ian Enters, SheffieldCurrently we have the worst privatisation. The loss of British Rail started the robbery from the people to the powerful.
Jean Smith, BrentwoodReduce road traffic and fumes. Re-nationalise the rail industry and make trains affordable and efficient.
Rachel Craig, ThirskAll vital services should be publicly owned, including transport.
Harry Riley, StamfordA national public transport system should be nationally owned. It should not be at the mercy of market forces.
Roy Hollister, DartfordWill Labour bring it in or carry on acting like Tories?
Jerome Jerish, KendalI hate Avanti West Coast.
Andy Padgham, LondonBR wasn’t great but at least their heart was in the right place.
Pam Thompson, Wisbechsince the service was privatised it has resulted in high prices, delays, overcrowding for the many, and high profits for the few.
Mark Bretel, BirminghamNo to private profiteers.
Jordan SmithSolidarity.
Lynda Matthews, LiverpoolIt wasn’t the government’s to privatise in the first place. It needs to go back to being nationalised.
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.
Christopher Evans, Byton HandA unified railway system is the only way. Bring back the branch lines too.
Martina Arata, LondonEvery government should be in control of basic services: healthcare, energy and transport. Only one remains public, barely. Let’s bring all back to being public.
Colin Telford, TruroStinky dirty two-carriage boneshaker trains, overcrowded in summer. Even when the insides are renovated they still leave grime in the recesses.
Thomas Mugridge, LoughboroughThe present system does not put passengers first, only shareholders’ profits.
Julie Young, ChesterfieldPublic services should be owned by the public.
Antonia Petale, LondonThe service currently being offered by the existing privatised train companies is way below an acceptable standard and too expensive.