Bring it back!

Simon Forsey, Nottingham

I think our rail network would be better and more user-friendly if it was nationalised.

Maggie Harrison, Washington

I commute daily to Manchester paying £2000 per year and the journey has got progressively worse every year.

Diane Birchall, Chorley

You know it makes sense.

Denise Rhodes, London

Leave things the way they are instead of making more money available to the fat cats and shareholders. Try and think of the customers for a change.

Derek Imrie, Kirk Deighton

Better for all. British Rail must be put back into public ownership.

Gary Linney, York

It’s time to return what was stolen from us.

Polly Pagan, London

Privatisation is a disaster. A simple and fair fare-structure and user-friendly service (remember that word?) would make travel better for everyone, including tourists.

Sally Finesilver, Oxford

It’s the intelligent and rational thing to do.

George O’Mahoney, St Leonards-on-Sea

Good Luck.

Mark Faulkner, South Elmsall

More jobs, not profit.

Raymond Anderson, Snodland

Yes, bring back national rail. It was ours in the first place. What right did they have to sell it off? They didn’t ask me.

John Brown, London

We can’t carry on like this.

Freya Pearson, Bristol

Re-nationalise, and then re-extend. We don’t just need to reverse the sell-off, but also Beeching’s cuts.

Margaret Healey-Pollett, Birmingham

In a civilised society things like public transport – getting people to work or to see family – should be a public service, not a profit-making organisation.

John Brien, Beverley

Privatisation of strategic services is an obvious mistake.

Steven Lockwood, Derby

It’s got to be a joke the overcrowding on London trains and the regular price rises above the rate of inflation. Yet shareholders get returns and bosses get bonuses.

Jackie Smith, London

We need a re-unified national railway which is run for the people. We need to get rid of privatisation.

Patricia O’Donnell, Harrogate

I am a regular user of the network, usually from Berwick and have appreciated the efforts of East Coast. I am disappointed and worried about the changes.

Alan Dearling, Eyemouth

A return to the days of a national service run not for profit. If only.

Ben Illis, Brighton

Keep up the good work!

Terence Dart, Whitchurch

Stop the theft.

Annie Thompson, Portsmouth

They should never have been privatised. Public transport should be a public service, for the benefit of the passengers, not for the subsidised profit of a few shareholders.

Ian Brown, Cheadle

Bring the British rail system under state ownership and democratic control.

Paul Mackney, London

As the privatised industry is in receipt of massive public subsidies, it should be returned to the public.

Bruce Van De Gevel, Huddersfield

Conservatives support National Rail.

Max Grussing, London

Re-nationalise BR now.

Peter Stevenson, Watchet

Southwest Trains are crooks.

Paul Sheppard, London

Also bring back other utilities such as public toilets.

Giles Camplin, London

Bring back British Rail – used by the people of the World – which should not have been privatised.

Deborah Fitchew, Letchworth