Jane Banks, Newcastle-upon-TyneA truly important campaign which should also connect to the growing campaign against HS2 which will not benefit the North in any discernibly important ways.
Christine King, YorkTake it back to British Rail.
Rebecca Michel, ExeterCivilised societies run transport, health, education etc. as services, not opportunities for private profit.
Phil Teer, BrightonRail travel is too important to people and to the economy to be left in the hands of profit-driven companies.
Glen Postle, Toowoomba, AustraliaI first visited UK in 1974 when British Rail were still operating. Any similarities between service and comfort then and now are non-existent.
Paul Smith, SheffieldBring back British Rail and get rid of this joke of a railway we now have.
Vic CurtisThey should never have been privatised, and Beeching was a wrong move.
Derek Shaw, YorkI am strongly against this sell-off.
Nicholas Stewart, ClydebankI’m tired of paying a fortune for 20 minute journeys in trains packed like sardine cans. The railways need government investment.
Andrew Remedios, BrightonNo more subsidies to fat cat franchise owners. We need a public transport system fit for public use.
Angie Sandhu, LondonNationalisation of public services and utilities ought to be a no-brainer for any progressive person/party/group.
Rex Holt, BradfordI just totally agree with what you say.
Frank Lawson, HalifaxThe privatisation of our railways by the Thatcherite Tories has been a theft of massive proportions that must be reversed. It was totally immoral.
Rebecca Brown, BansteadIt’s ludicrous that Britain doesn’t have a fully-integrated rail system and that so-called public transport is, in fact, private.
Maureen Brookman, Sutton, SurreyWelcome back British Rail.
Tony Wainwright, LlanfyllinBring back those days of friendly porters and talking passengers. Profits don’t matter as long as it all functions properly for the people by the people.
Barry Maginn, ManchesterEast Coast – all that needs to be said.
Dave Kavanagh, WokingEvery private railway has demonstrated their total inability to serve the nation. We cannot rely on the profiteering tendencies of private business.
Gareth Bull, HoveI live in the Southern network area, British Rail cannot come back soon enough.
Daniel Brookes, SedgleyAs A student I can get to London for
Antonia Martinez, Stockton-on-TeesWith private rail companies one of the main considerations is profit and keeping shareholders happy. Bring back British Rail – a public service that serves the public.
Conor Mullins, RomfordRe-nationalisation of the railways would be one step on the way to the reclamation of all public services and goods we so direly need.
Janina Leitch, KeighleyA comprehensive rail service was arguably the greatest British achievement, exported all over the world. Invaluable part of our infrastructure.
Benjamin Walker, ManchesterPrivatisation of such a valuable service was a catastrophe from the start, so let’s rectify the mistakes of the past.
Jenny & David Pedder, Ashby-de-la-ZouchBritish Rail should never have been privatised. What it needed was a major shake-up of management and it would have been a superb service today.
Patrick Spackman, BristolI remember when we used to complain about British Rail but it was about the Pork Pies and no-one questioned its ability to get us from A to B as per the timetable.
Robin Braddow, NewarkThe East Coast line runs right through my town. In fact I live only a few hundred yards from it. I can sit and watch the array of privatised train companies using it.
Juliette Burton, EdinburghI travel on the trains a lot. I spend as much on rent as I do on trains per month. Why do we spend so much for a greener way to travel? Look at Europe’s train prices.
Aaron M, East SussexThe railways were nationalised for a reason by the Attlee government in 1948.