Graham Smith, DealTories are just robbing this nation in plain sight of everyone. It’s ridiculous.
Maureen Price, HartlepoolToo many services have been axed making it difficult to go on what should be simple journeys without several changes.
John Cornell Cornell, SheffieldWe need a not-for-profit, user-centred service with efficiency and effectiveness at its heart.
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.
Oliver Steward, NorwichReturn our railways to public ownership.
Becky Farrell, WinchesterWe have an inconsistent rail service which is greatly overpriced.
David Jones, BristolThe abolition of common sense is their (ATOC’s) worst crime. Bring back British Rail now.
David SterrattTaxpayers now pay over three times more than the £1.6bn paid for our nationalised railway in 1993-1994.
Greg Sutton, FleetTime for a change.
Conor Murphy, HuddersfieldNationalised means better fares, better service and direct, competent ownership. Look at DB in Germany. Public can also mean profit.
Anthony Kaye, BarnsleyPutting a public service in the hands of private companies who put profit before service is never a good idea.
Simon Mayhall, LeedsNationalisation of the railways has always been an essential part of society. I am pessimistic in the extreme in these days of everything being privatised.
Peter Dobson, Whitley BayRail should be a national asset, not a money tree for private enterprise.
Terry Barnard, BridgendPrivatisation is just a legal rip-off to the public in general.
Alan Howell, LeedsRailways are for the people and should be an extensive network bringing communities together and should be affordable for all.
Steve Manchee, Newcastle-upon-TyneA publicly-owned railway will need to allow much more regional control and influence.
Robert PrideauxPublic transport’s aim should be to mobilise the masses as cheaply as it can, offering them freedom and increasing the UK’s potential. Profit stands in the way of this.
Hampton Family, Westgate-on-SeaI agree that we should re-nationalise the railways and make them more affordable.
Margaret Douglas, BirnamWe should be in charge of our railways.
Nick Dombkowski, WarminsterRe-nationalisation of our railway is the aim and let the people decide how it’s best run, from local to nationwide level.
Helen Field, SouthamptonIt’s absolute common sense. I’m going to share “Bring back British Rail” as far and wide as I possibly can.
David Millar, Stoke-on-TrentPlease re-nationalise and invest in competent managers.
Sylvia Hawkins, GatesheadThe East Coast Rail line has been much better since it was taken out of private hands. Let’s have the same quality of service nationwide.
Sarah Sayers, WorthingPeople not profit.
Jeanette Lowe, SheffieldI want a modern, forward-thinking, streamlined national rail service which serves the public – not one which causes so much stress and confusion.
Anna Doughty, ConwyPlease bring back the unified system that made so much sense and ran a much better service.
Matthew Archibald, StroudI believe that all services that benefit the public, such as railways, should be nationalised and owned by the people for the people, not for the profit of shareholders.
Mark Carter, BournemouthIt’s a no-brainer to all, apart from those that seek to make profit and cut jobs in the process and the politicians that look after their interests.
Ken Kirk, BrightonWe have the most subsidised railway and the highest fares – all to feed private profit. That’s madness.
Lindsay McDougall, CramlingtonA totally integrated system makes much more sense.