Jessica Foster, SheffieldIt should never have been privatised and would cost less back in public hands.
Gillian Murray, NottinghamWhenever I travel on trains of our European neighbours I envy their systems and feel ashamed of the mess and confusion foreign travellers meet in the UK.
Lyn Mackfall, DoncasterBritish Rail – the clue is in the name. It should all be under one organisation.
Owen Gurrey, YorkThis needs to happen.
Paddy Keeley, BrightonSocial mobility has been devastated while profits are at record highs. Anybody would think it’s a plot.
Philip De Lacy White, North CaveBritish trains are probably the most expensive and complicated to use in all Europe. Prices vary according to how you go about buying a ticket. It is so complicated.
Mike Blow, PlymouthFundamentally, public transport should be an enabling, democratising force for the people, not a competitive business venture run for the shareholders.
Mark Harrison, IlkleyWe need a unified publicly-run rail service.
Alexis Mr, AmesburyNationalising rail would reduce pollution and reduce traffic through reasonable pricing. Many birds one stone
Hugh Pincott, PlymouthCome back British Rail – all is forgiven.
Barbara Brogan, LetchworthPrivatisation may be cheaper short tern, but if the railways were publicly-owned any future profits would benefit the country not shareholders.
Sandra Humphries, SouthseaBlair promised in Parliament in 1996 that, if the Conservatives privatised the railways, an incoming Labour government would re-nationalise them. Did he? No.
Bill Tymms, LeedsI support the idea of keeping railways in public ownership. Too much profit is taken out by shareholders and not kept in the rail industry for future improvements.
Bill Breakell, North YorkshirePrivatisation is not serving the needs of the nation, passengers, the economy nor the environment. We need to put our heads together and create a ‘new’ British Railways.
Peter Nisbet, GlenrothesIt is high time that control over the railways was put back where it belongs, under the control of the government and the people. Any profits should come to the system.
Kate Phillips, NorwichI used to work for Anglia Railways, and it was an absolute shambles.
Alex Southern, LondonIntercity, the first profitable BR sector and envy of the world unmercifully butchered first. Bring back British Rail.
Euan Stewart, GlasgowI’m all for public ownership, but strongly against union or political influence.
Keith Finn, NeathGive us our railways back.
John McClymont, ForthI’m a rail passenger upset by privatisation, as services do not arrive on time. Bring back nationalisation.
Sue Winterburn, YorkI am a regular rail user. East Coast line works, returning money to the exchequer not shareholders.
Andy Teed, DevonI work on the railways and I believe that it would be easier and better to have British Rail.
Margaret Pedley, HuddersfieldNationalise the railways. It’s the only way forward.
Karen Maloney, MaidstoneBring back British Rail. It belongs to us, the public.
Rafy Hay, LondonThis campaign needs to show the press and politicians that re-nationalisation still has mass support.
Jessica Harriott-Kerr, ReadingHow can it be cheaper to fly to Paris than visit a loved one in Yorkshire? To buy my return ticket to work I have to work the equivalent of 4.5 hours, which is nearly half my day.
Steven Thomas, HolyheadThey never should have been sold off any way.
Chris Stevens, RobertsbridgeDivision of the rail service into smaller providers would always be economically unviable and a waste of resources.
Alexis Parrinder-Nicholls, LondonTrain prices are a robbery, and the increases just don’t stop. Hugely unaffordable, an hour on the train should cost an hour of minimum wage.