Pete Ryan, BarnsleyNationalise the railways and put it in the hands of the people.
Tony McIlwrick, MoffatJust do it.
Sarah Sanford, IpswichThe East Coast inter-regnum proved it can work. We need to get freight as well as people off the roads and onto trains.
Colin FlowerdayI agree, we want British Rail back as the train services today are rubbish.
Susan Pethybridge, Newcastle-upon-TyneA modern unified rail service is essential for now and the future, both environmentally and socially.
Chris Moon, BridgwaterNo public service should be run for private profit as it can never serve people’s interest.
Peter Whalen, LeicesterBring back a better version of British Rail.
Carl Conway, RedcarRe-nationalise the railways.
Michael Bramley, SkiptonHopeless franchise process continually adding to ticket prices.
Martin Mansell, StevenagePrivatisation isn’t working. Just look at the state of our railways.
Rory Douglas, KendalI want to be able to take pride in our rail network.
Suzi Mitchell, Shepton MalletDriving by car solo to London – paying the car running costs/congestion charge / expensive west end car park / driving home is still cheaper than by train.
Judith Devine, SheffieldRealistic fares and services for real people please!
John Tucker, BrixhamI’ve just returned from train travel through France, Italy and Switzerland and Eurostar. I then went from Paddington to Newton Abbot by First Great Western – oh dear, shameful.
Mike Lawlor, GloucesterBritish Rail was excellent – it just lacked investment and political commitment. BBBR,
Tracey Batchelor, DundeeI fully back this cause, despite the way all our services and utilities have been sold off and been raking in a profit ever since, but service has suffered and all for fat cats.
Robert Bayley, ElyI’m tired of the privatisation mantra. The market does not create efficiency or keep prices in check. Re-nationalise rail now.
Ronald Branton, YorkThis is a very important issue and we must return our railways to public ownership.
Paul Ransom, LewesGood idea.
Stephen Hannahs, DurhamIn a civilised nation some infrastructure services should be paid for from the public purse. It’s not about profit for private companies.
Alexander Culley, LondonEnd the railway rip-off, joke fare increases and disgracefully inept service of the franchises. We want a service like DB in Germany.
James Murphy, CambridgeSince privatisation it’s gone from bad to worse – too much money – total rip-off. It was much better when it was good old British Rail
Angela Williams, BirminghamThey should never have been privatised.
Jon Hykin, OxfordI totally agree it should never have been privatised in the first place.
Andrew Adams, Newcastle-upon-TyneI am a frequent traveller on the East Coast mainline, both to London and Edinburgh. By far the best service is by the current provider who should keep the contract.
Charles Barratt, CastlefordI do believe it is a disgrace that the British railways are segregated and have the unusual rip-off fares.
Alex West, BournemouthStop the scandal of private train companies running a monopoly service.
Thomas Price, BrightonPlease, please, please bring decent railways back to the people who need reliable, affordable public transport, not greedy private companies.
Jeremy Evans, BrightonI love nationalised trains.
Jon Carthy, NottinghamshirePublic transport should not be run for profit.