David SterrattBritish Rail was cheaper for taxpayers and for passengers than the current privatised system.
Sue Brown, Bishops StortfordWe should re-nationalise not only British Rail but the Post Office, the Electricity and Gas companies and London Transport etc.
Stephen Sinden, WyeAt least under British Rail it was easy to go anywhere in the UK and not be swamped with a maze of different fares.
Lyndon Bent, HullStop the massive waste of public subsidies to private companies. Let the parasites run the trains out of their own profits or re-nationalise them. Let them be publicly owned.
Bryan Love, AxminsterThe only opponents to this campaign, apart from the gloating and ridiculously paid profiteers, are nationalised foreign railways subsidised by our sardine-passengers.
Leon Fields, LondonRail travel needs to be affordable to people. Why should people be outpriced in travelling by rail? Green transport needs to be encouraged.
Will Miller, LondonI commute on Southeastern and they are useless.
Jerry Jacobsen, ForresOur public transport and utilities should belong to the people and should never have been sold off for private gain.
Andrew Bromley-Waugh, KentPrivatising the railways has been the biggest con job by the conservative party. It was always about profiteering for a selective clientele, and not serving the public.
Sharon Durant, WallsendCurrent rail travel prices are far too high.
Bill Tasker, LiverpoolDismantling British Rail has led to chaos.
Patricia Sutherland, GlasgowPrivatisation has brought huge increases in fares, cuts to provision and poor services everywhere. Bring back British Rail.
Evin RyanWhy must they all privatise the profits and nationalise the losses?
Jan Halligan, HolmfirthPublic transport should be a service, not a business.
Edward Hughes, YorkBring it back.
Linda Barker, LeedsRe-nationalise our assets.
Kathryn Devney, HastingsGive the people who use the trains a fair deal rather than the private companies who put prices up and up. The government don’t do bad out of it either.
Kerry Cooper, EdinburghPlease reinstate the British Railways for the people and save them from privatisation.
James Vaughan, LondonPrivatisation has proved to be a mess – and nationalisation in the form of East Coast a success. The maths is on our side.
Annette Lenton, SussexPrivatisation of trains has patently not worked.
Samantha Longworth, BoltonWe’ve had quite enough of all this silliness.
Gbenga Anisere, ReadingWhy take away people’s meal ticket when you can’t better their lives? Reduce rail fares and re-instate retrenched rail staff.
Jill Lepper, StagsdenI totally agree that we need a consolidated British Rail again run for passengers not private profit.
Keith Smith, HounslowPrivatisation of the railways has been a disaster. The only people to benefit are shareholders – passengers have been screwed over.
Gary Burke, SouthamptonI worked for British Rail in the 70’s, when 90 per cent of trains were within 5 minutes of the timetable and 95 per cent within 10. Can the privatised network match this?
Stephen Carpenter, LondonI’m sick and tired of having our state infrastructure (that belongs to all) sold off to the few. We need service not profit and greed.
Alan Araujo, Rio De JaneiroI wish British Rail will be revived by 2023.
Kevin McHugh, BirminghamThis industry ideally needs to be re-nationalised. A railway run for the benefit of the British people and not for private corporations.
Simon Norton, CambridgeEven more important is to protect and improve our bus services, which are being directly attacked by the government, especially in rural areas.
Stephen Thomas, LondonThe privatised railway system which was imposed upon us is manifestly not fit for purpose. It is fractured and massively expensive both to run and travel on.