Maggie Thomas, OldhamASAP.
Sam Bridges, DerbyI think that British Rail should come back. Let’s hope the train fares go down.
Phil Taylor, StirlingThe state of our privatised railway shames the nation that invented the technology nearly 200 years ago. Nationalisation need not mean inefficient. Let’s do this.
Peter King, OxfordAs a regular but decreasingly frequent user of the railways, I’ve experienced how bad things are on the network.
Richard Oakes, LondonWe have seen the East Coast line can deliver. Stop these shareholders robbing us of the profits we need for our railways.
Deborah Gibbens, ShropshireThe railways should be a public service, not a means to extract cash from the public.
John Main, LondonIf privatisation is so successful why do they rely on subsidies to keep their shareholders happy?
Joseph Halloway, KeighleyI want British Rail back.
Ann Knowles, AberystwythBritish Rail just before privatisation was one of the most efficient railway operators in Europe.
Claire Murphy, BexleyheathSave the taxpayer money. No more giving out huge subsidies to be passed out to private rail company shareholders.
Donald Hutchison, PenzanceBring back the big blue trains.
Graham Weeden, BedfordTime to ring the changes and scrap the private companies.
Kay Rowham, EasingtonWe need to upgrade King’s Cross to Scotland via Durham and Newcastle, instead of wasting money on HS2. Also bring back freight lines to take passengers during rail works.
Mark Tibbutt, WorcesterIt must happen now.
Mark Foster, LondonSimply Bring back British Rail and end all these scam companies that are only interested in lining their own pockets.
Sylvia Swann, ScarboroughWe need a reliable economic system to take freight off the roads and provide affordable travel for passengers.
Mike Beaumont, BrixhamJust bring our railways back to where they were before privatisation and upgrade the rolling stock to meet demands for the ever growing population.
Helen Taylor, WakefieldThe only rail service that makes a profit is East Coast trains. That says it all really.
Raymon Narwal, DoncasterPrivately-owned rail companies need to go. Re-nationalise the railways.
Owen Bushell, AltonI wish the absurd state of our industry would end and get back to a single, no-nonsense organisation, with no shareholders, just public service.
Daniel Brown, PrestatynI love British Rail.
Garry Pease, FinzeanJust let’s have it back. The trains were great.
Thom BallaBritish Rail, so misunderstood, so unloved. They killed you
Melanie Todd, South ShieldsWhen will consecutive governments realise the common sense fact that when you put services into private hands they suffer. Nothing is invested and profit is taken out.
Michael Wilson, Bexhill-on-SeaNineteen years of commuting – and rail is by far the best, but no longer the cheapest way.
Alex West, BournemouthStop the scandal of private train companies running a monopoly service.
James Kirk, BirminghamIncrease after increase after increase and we are left with a sub-par service where only the rich owners benefit.
Kelvin Smith, BedfordOver the last 4 decades that I have borne witness to, privatisation has clearly failed. We need to stop bored billionaires using us as their Monopoly board.
Ted Hammond, DaventryI am totally against train operators’ high pricing, which still doesn’t guarantee a comfortable seat.
James Gillespie, EdinburghPrivate Profit – Ripping us all off.