Carol Lindsay, KilconquharPrices up, service down. Now is the time to turn around.
Andrew Green, SwanseaBring back British Rail. All is forgiven.
Paul Hebden, LeedsThe current railways are terrifying.
Nigel Wood, LlandysulI would like to see British Rail re-introduced.
Denis Thomson, OtleySurely the success of the East Coast mainline since the demise of the franchise proves the point.
Paul Atkinson, MelbourneBR was stolen from the UK tax payer, and now makes fat cat profit, on the foundation of all the work and tax we paid for many years.
Sue Vincent, LondonPeople before profit. Democratic control for essential services.
Simon Tucker, SwindonPassengers, not customers. Cost not profit.
Patricia Wormald, SheffordOur rail network should not be a profit-motivated organisation.
Kingsley Elliff, HalesworthThey should never have been privatised in the first place.
Lawrence Challen, LondonI work with a lot of people on benefit or low wages and I’ve had them crying because they can’t afford the fare to visit relatives.
Dario Giudici, StevenageI joined British Rail in 1983 and am still in the industry today. I can’t believe we pay people to run a service so that they can make a profit.
Judith Klaus, LeedsEast Coast in public hands is making a profit. Don’t Let it be sold off again. The profits should go to us not a private company.
David Elliott, CleethorpesI’m sick of being ripped off. Bring back BR.
Rodney Cooper, LochaberOur Railways must be brought back into one centralised state-run concern but not hampered by meddling civil servants in Department of Transport which helped bring down BR.
Ollie Foord, BracknellI miss the blue and white era.
William LoneskieThe once finest rail network in the world was maligned, under-funded, and then broken up and given away to the spivs and speculators.
Henry Anderson, PerthBritish Rail was flawed but needed restructuring not privatising.
Joan How, LutonMy father worked for British Rail from 1947 until 1958 when he was made redundant due to privatisation. He was devastated.
Terry Bigley, HinckleyBritish Rail gave a comprehensive straightforward national service instead of the current fragmented service which has to pay for dozens of chief executives.
Peter Brooks, GloucesterOne organisation for the good of all passengers.
Mike Eames, BrightonI pay over £6,000 per year for a very substandard service. All of this money should be invested in the railways – not on dividends or bonuses.
Stephen Dixon, HebburnA key strategic resource that needs government ownership and control with a not-for-profit ethos.
Jake Morris, CambridgePublic transport is so crucial for some people and yet it’s so expensive and not run as a public service. We need this.
Owen Dodson, LeedsThe private sector is renowned for not being able to run the railways without massive support from the Public Purse.
Geoff Lamb, East GrinsteadAnd nationalise it as well.
Helen Haynes, Kings LangleyPassengers not profits.
Alison Rodgers, RotherhamWe spent one and a half hours on a cold (we could see breath), wet (water dripping onto seats and swimming over the floor), and late train on Sunday.
Steven EvansFares keep rising, there are fewer trains and the ones that do turn up have shorter coaches which are not keeping up with the demand of more passengers.
Matthew Hardy, LondonEast Coast, owned by a trust, returns the most money to the Treasury. Let’s roll out that model and bring back British Rail.