Angela Taylor, YorkWhy are we subsidising the fat cat tax avoiders to run our railways? Are we mad or what?
Sue Revell, BathGovernment subsidies should be used to update infrastructure and not to line shareholders’ pockets. Also, keep it British.
Aaron M, East SussexThe railways were nationalised for a reason by the Attlee government in 1948.
Dean Clayton, SidmouthPrivatisation was one of the worst political actions ever. BR should have been run commercially while maintaining the high engineering standards that were the norm.
Roger Higgs, BudeThe provision of essentials like water, power and transport should obviously not be in private hands.
Sean Green, SouthendGreedy shareholders.
Jim Hutchinson, GatesheadThe sooner the better.
Paul Baskeyfield, Church StrettonEnd the crazy ticket price lottery and bring back direct trains from Shrewsbury to London.
TedSince privatisation tax payers have had to pump billions more into the system, besides paying whopping fares.
Saul Blake, CambridgeBring back people over profit.
John Midcalf, DarlingtonWe once had the best railway in the world. We now have to go by bus.
Michael Kingsnorth, LondonPrivately-run public transport is simply not working. I never had any issues with BR. Bring it back.
Marko Kovacevic, LondonNationalising is pretty much the only way of making sure prices are kept low and protected from sharp rises.
Hazel Edwards, Barrow-in-FurnessBring back efficiency.
Jayne Dillon, ManchesterBring back BR.
Thomas Wilcox, StockportStop the rip-off.
Margaret Bennett, SheffieldWe, like many other social entrepreneurs, chose to bank with the Co-operative Bank because of its strong ethical objectives. We would move our account if this was lost.
Alison Gibney, St AlbansWe need continuous long-term investment in our rail services and the only way to achieve that is through public ownership.
Lisa Trendall, Lowestoft, SuffolkBeing a child that grew up on the railway when it was still BR, I have a particular interest in seeing our declining railways return back to being run by the Government.
Richard Jones, PlymouthEnough is enough.
J Kim, HamptonBring back British Rail. It’s the way it should be.
Zak Corum-Haines, HassocksI hate being late and also it’s only fair for the employees that this should happen.
Patricia Dellar, RoystonOur rail network should be the envy of the world but sadly it lags far behind other countries in the western world. Our governments have failed to invest.
Lauren Godfrey, BrightonRail reform is economic reform for the UK.
Louise Tippett, Walton-on-ThamesIt is crucial for a fairer society and to make the public infrastructure work better.
Keith Chambers, SouthportBring back British Rail.
Gemma Holmes, ThameTrains are dangerously overcrowded due to carriage formations being woefully short at peak times. Everyone is back in the office as normal post Covid. Arriva must go!
Steve Leigh, BexleyheathI saw first-hand the mess that privatisation created. It has not got better. Returning the rail network to public ownership is the only way forward that makes any sense.
Miles Stapleton, WorthingWe are paying the subsidies so we should own the network.
Erron Francesco, BirminghamLove to see BR back.