Nicholas Darsley, LondonThe rail system should be for the benefit of travellers, not for private profit.
Sally Welham, CarnoustieIf it stops the ridiculous cross-over between train companies and leads to a better service I am all for it.
Caroline Schmutz, LondonFor an affordable and integrated public transport network.
Andrew Sharpless, Upton-upon-SevernIt is urgent, as many are distressed by its present status.
Ronald Jones, St NeotsLet’s get things working again.
Leslie Wallage, South OckendonTransport should not be in private hands purely for profit.
Philip Dixon-Phillips, IlfordEnough of this franchise nonsense – just bring BR back.
David Wallace, HaddenhamBring back BR.
AndiIt would be nice if Britain also still had some industry left in the form of locomotive and carriage manufacture, instead of having to buy everything from abroad.
Tessa Thomas, LondonI’ve always tried to use alternatives to car travel but rising train fares have made it increasingly difficult. The result is more car use, congestion and pollution.
Anne Bundock, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe railways can be managed much more efficiently in the public sector. We need an integrated system.
Amy Wildman, EssexI’m a commuter on the Southminster Greater Anglia service. It’s overpriced, dirty, regularly late or cancelled and there’s a lack of trains for this line. Overall it’s an awful service.
Gary Masters, Bognor RegisRe-nationalise it.
Ruth Charlton, IlkleyTransport for the people.
Liam Hartzenberg, CoventryUndo what is the world’s greatest train robbery.
Darren Whittle, WiganBring back British Rail. Stop public money going into foreign rail operators’ pockets to subsidise their own trains.
Alan Chesney, LeedsAltruism – the disinterested concern for the well-being of others. What’s it to be ? Elected Government or capitalist sharkfest?
Roy Banks, FeatherstoneMy trains are currently late, noisy, rickety, too cold, too hot, invisible, cramped, unsafe, overcrowded, dirty, unmanned, smelly, expensive and old.
David Bowers, GlasgowEast Coast shows we can run trains, without private companies getting the subsidies for their profits.
Rob Jewitt, AlnwickPrivatised rail is a costly failure. Publicly-owned East Coast shows it can be done better. End franchising and bring rail back into public hands.
Dan Willis, LondonAn affordable, integrated public network that provides a real service would be of benefit to the whole nation. Maybe invest the funds for HS2 into branch lines.
Emily Simpson, CarlisleToo much money is given away to other countries through private companies, it needs to stop.
Chris Dommett, CambridgeI want to own it to make it better, not pay some hedge fund to own it and pocket the profits and still be subsidised by me.
Neil Cameron-Rollo, ClareThe current set-up is a farce, over-priced, difficult to use and set up only for the benefit of the shareholders.
Sean O’Donnell, Barrow-upon-HumberThis is far too sensible an idea. Whilst greedy politicians and their greedy back-handing friends exist it will never happen, unfortunately. Good luck all the same.
Ian Cumming, Newton MearnsWhy don’t the Labour party back this? Why, it might get them some votes.
Adam Stratton, WinchesterI’m embarrassed that the country that invented the railway now needs to live up to the far better nationalised railways of other countries.
Anne Vivian-Smith, NottinghamIt’s time to stop rewarding shareholders for underfunding our transport.
Robert Rush, OkehamptonThe state of our railway system in the South West is the fault of successive governments. Please help fix it by campaigning to bring it back to public ownership.
Valerie Hoodless, HullAny profits made by putting it in public hands could then be ploughed back into the rail system to provide a better service and not into private people’s pockets.