Raymond Austin, Houghton-le-SpringYou can tell by the overcrowded trains that people want to use railways and there are others who want to use it but are put off by the fares. BR did it better.
Brian Braithwaite, BrightonSitting down with my grandad talking about the railways, makes me think of a bygone era. And I want to help bring that back.
Kay Buckley, HuddersfieldBritish Rail should have remained in the public sector because the mayhem caused by ad hoc privatisation has wasted billions and upset so many people.
Matt Hessing, IlfracombeBring back British Rail.
Beth Kenny, ManchesterAs a victim of the shambles that is NorthernFail, I support re-nationalisation.
Robert McDonald, UxbridgeA co-ordinated, state-run railway system has got to be better than the overpriced mess we currently have.
Phyllis Pelosi, InverbervieI fully support the campaign for a re-nationalised British rail network. Millions depend on the rail network for leisure, but especially for work.
Alan Gent, FrodshamBring back BR. It was cheaper and less complicated than today’s tangle of different rail companies.
Clive Hopkinson, LeedsLet’s have a rail system run by the people for the people.
Peter Kevan, ChorleyNot enough carriages and too expensive. Why pay and reserve a seat that someone else sits in?
Karen Donnelly, BradfordThey should never have been privatised. It’s been a disaster from the first. It’s about time service, maintenance and customers were put first.
Edward Sherlock, CarmarthenAfter twenty years of greed, incompetence and lack of investment, it is time to accept that private capital cannot run a railway or a health service.
Joy Wardell, ExeterThe railways are a mess. In the southwest we have one of the highest fares in the country. Bring back sense and coherence to the railways – re-nationalise.
Shirley Kobiela, FalkirkThe present system has de-railed the service, price and commitment. Give it back to the people.
Graham Harris, NuneatonA variety of companies running UK trains is a failure. It needs to change.
Arthur Hornby, LiverpoolLet’s get them all back.
Ian Martin, LowestoftRe-nationalise the railways. Far too many fat cats are profiting from something that should be a basic public service.
Jonathan Baxter, Newport-On-TayTrains for people, the planet and a renewed sense of common ownership. What could be better?
Brenda Peacock, ShipleyReturn to public ownership now to stop subsidising European railways.
Charles Reid, LeicesterThe sooner we get a public rail service, run for the benefit of the public rather than shareholders, the better.
Derek Jones, TyldesleyThe so called privatisation is costing the tax payer more than the nationalised railway ever did with duplication of jobs. Surely it’s time to stop this nonsense?
Nick Green, BrightonAbout time. Let’s go for it.
David Kent, PrescotThe British railway system should be in public hands. Most of what was closed by Beeching should be re-opened, as people live in those isolated places now with poor public transport.
John Rennie, ChepstowRail privatisation has been the best argument for state ownership in the last 30 years.
Patricia Smethurst, ChigwellBritish Rail should be back in the hands of the public not in the hands of greedy corporations, MPs and the rest of the money-grabbing parasites.
Karen Robertson, EdinburghAll profits should be invested in the services, not given to shareholders.
Peter King, OxfordAs a regular but decreasingly frequent user of the railways, I’ve experienced how bad things are on the network.
Thomas Wilson, GravesendTaxpayers paid for it and we pay the MPs, yet they want to sell everything for profit.
Liz Gray, GorebridgePrivatisation of British Rail was always a retrograde step as far as the service to passengers is concerned. Hopefully, an independent Scotland will nationalise ScotRail.
Terry Compton, SouthamptonI think energy, rail, water should be all nationalised.