Andy Pierce, WrexhamStop letting foreign companies rip us off.
G Hanham, Berwick-upon TweedI am old enough to know how good our rail network was when it was a public service and a critical part of our infrastructure. It’s about time we returned to that ethos.
Carol Lindsay, KilconquharPrices up, service down. Now is the time to turn around.
Keith Allinson, BlaydonThe sooner the better. Stop fat cats ruining our country.
Stewart Bloomfield, StevenageYes, bring back BR. I worked as a guard on BR for seven years. Today I have never seen it so bad. It’s terrible due to the Tories yet again.
Peter Gunn, GlasgowWe are the users. It was ours. Please return it.
Owen Smith, LondonTerrible service, abysmally stupid staff, under-trained over-paid lackeys.
David Alcock, GlasgowHow stupid. Virgin’s Glasgow to Birmingham trains are diesel, but the line is electrified – the price of fragmentation.
Liam Bright, LondonGive us back our stuff.
Ian Buckley, WatfordIt would be better off re-nationalised. More efficient, more homogenous and any profits going back to the Treasury.
Graham Barnard, LondonThis is the only way to stop rail fare rises.
Edwin NelsonNational economic assets such as the UK rail network should be owned by the people via public sector enterprises.
Ron Carr, ChesterLet’s get back to rationality.
Marian Prowse, PenzanceWe have a fragmented service, expensive and uncomfortable. We need an investment in good rail infrastructure without profits for shareholders. No efficiency in that.
Sarah Walker, NorwichCan we have an integrated transport system run for the benefit of passengers rather than profiteers please?
Alex Baxter, HarwichImprove the connections of the trains and make them run on time.
Mark Tibbutt, WorcesterIt must happen now.
Greg Jessop, IlkleyAs a former BR employee I saw the integrated approach to operational management that provided great service for less public cost more safely. Re-establish BR.
Margaret Howard, WorthingThe railways should not be run by private companies looking to make a profit. Passenger safety and reliability should be paramount and profit should go back to railways.
Derek Lowe, KnaresboroughEast Coast line is encouraging if it could be reproduced throughout the network.
Rosalind Readhead, LondonA transport system that works democratically for the whole of the UK should not be in the hands of profiteers.
Julia Hudson, DerehamBring it back now. If fares were cheaper more people would use it. It was built as one railway and should be one railway connection.
Ross Taylor, HinckleyI completely agree with British Rail and I believe that privatisation has not served the purpose it was meant to.
Tim Pickles, CardiffWhy did we ever privatise a fantastic national system? It doesn’t work.
Angus Wall, BrightonSurely we all want to see British Rail back?
Michael Mccarthy, LondonPrivatisation has failed and is a rip-off, just as many of us said when this misbegotten scheme to enrich investors was hatched.
Richard Balchin, Saffron WaldenBrexit finally allows us to take back control over our nation’s railways. Brexiteers want a great British Railway back.
Douglas McCoy, St HelierMost people I know would be happy to travel by train if they weren’t so expensive. Let’s get more people off the road by nationalising the railways.
Matthew Harris, NewportMore than just British rail should be brought back in to public ownership in my mind.
Alex Lewis, BangorDo we not owe this to the future generations? I miss the scene of an InterCity liveried train whizzing past the rural coastlines. British Rail all the way.