Ian Young, HexhamAs an ex-employee of British Rail, I can honestly say it was a pleasure to work hard and to serve the public. Re-nationalise now.
Douglas Webber, GodstoneBring back British Rail. Railways work well abroad. Anyway, all public services should be back in public hands.
Paul Leeper, TelfordPeople before profit. Fairness and justice for all.
Graham Lucas, Westcliff-on-SeaPrivatisation was the worst thing that ever happened to the railways.
Thomas Urry, BristolFares are spiralling out of control and services get less and less reliable. The case for re-nationalising is unanswerable.
Richard Marshall, LancasterBring back a national network so that we can have efficient provision, maintenance and development.
Martyn Bissett, StirlingTaking the train between Scotland and London has just become unaffordable for me.
Alan Holtom, WorcesterBus companies have no idea how to run railways. I’m a rail worker with 40 years service. What a mess.
Dorothy Braithwaite, BlackburnGive us back the good old days.
Dave Codling, CheshireI don’t drive so rely on public transport. With the new rises in train and bus fares it is now uneconomical for me to work in my present location.
Austin Jones, Church StrettonLet’s have a national plan, not a free-for-all governed by cherry-picking and profit maximisation.
Elliot Ferenc, RochdaleBring back British Rail
Julia Callow, BournemouthPrivatisation was supposed to be value for money. It isn’t. It is a failed experiment and it’s time we ended it.
Michael O’Hara, UttoxeterPrivatisation of the rail network is not benefitting the rail user. Too much money is syphoned off to shareholders – even huge chunks of the current government subsidy.
Yasmin Osborn, SheffieldIf we re-nationalise the train service then maybe the price of a ticket will reflect the service.
Charles Andrew Rose, LondonActually, I have lived in Norway for 37 years and the railways here are still (almost entirely) publicly owned and are very good.
Alan Templeton, EdinburghPrivatisation has been an expensive disaster. The East Coast line is performing very well in public hands.
Jason Hall, BedfordWhy am I paying tax to subsidise an industry that was sold off to the private sector? Another failed Tory policy crafted to benefit a rich minority.
Nick Gregory, DeesideWe live in a beautiful country and I want to share it with my kids, but the cost of rail travel is obscene and prohibitive. Let us have our railways back.
Linda Barham, HarwichI would like to see it back like so many others.
Susan Shaw, BarnsleyThe government should run the country to benefit citizens, not big business. They need to be reminded of this.
Merlin Norbury, LeicesterBring back transport for the people. Get rid of transport for private profit.
Alan Royce Gleave, DealIt is so obvious that we need a unified, nationalised railway, and the vast majority of the British people think so too.
Michael Osborne, NottinghamPassing national services to private money is a disgrace. When profit is paramount the service suffers.
David R Evans, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation and unification without compensation.
Douglas Thain, DundeeService for the benefit of the people, not for the profit of minority.
Alan Higgins, AberdeenEast Coast showed good profits, yet ScotRail being handed to Abellio in April. Scotland needs trains suitable for time/distance travelled, not suburban ones.
Paul Wilkins, VerwoodOur rail industry is a strategic asset and should never have been privatised.
Rob Jones, SheffieldI no longer use the rail system. The current set-up seems to have been designed to create the maximum amount of chaos and the minimum level of accountability.
Darrell Hart, CroydonTrains are for the rich only now. They’ve priced me into car journeys only as it’s cheaper.