David Bassett, AylesburyScrap HS2 and re-invest in the East- West Oxford to Cambridge Line. Re-open the inland route from Plymouth via Tavistock to overcome future flooding at Dawlish etc.
Joe Kinglake, ManchesterWithout a doubt the most unreliable trains I’ve ever experienced in the world. Terrible fare rip-off for terrible service.
Greg King, GuildfordThe current system isn’t working.
Terry Bennett, BirminghamPrivatising Britain’s railways was wrong. Train operating companies are interested in the shareholders and not the travelling public.
Andrew Spence, HastingsIt is high time to re-nationalise British railways and get the kind of system that the French now enjoy.
Christine Ogilvie, BexleyOur fragmented rail system does not work. Bring back a National Transport System.
Jean Smith, BrentwoodReduce road traffic and fumes. Re-nationalise the rail industry and make trains affordable and efficient.
Keith Knutton, HolmfirthPrivatisation equals backhanders.
Anne Sweetman, Newcastle-upon-TyneEast Coast is making a profit for the taxpayers. The railways should benefit the people it serves, not make profits for personal gain.
Jack Gouldbourne, SouthamptonThe train companies are thieves, they steal from the young and thrive off the poverty of the country with an increase in demand – we need to put an end to this.
Jenny Dimond, WarePublic services should remain as public not private enterprise. Put people before profit.
Laura Strathearn, SheffieldRe-nationalisation of BR is of paramount and urgent importance for the improvement and cohesion of a patchy and unsatisfactory system.
Craig Smith, AmsterdamIt’s clear now that vital national infrastructure is not for the hands of the private market.
Matthew Markland, BirstallIt’s overdue but it’s time to re-nationalise the railway system. Bring back British Rail.
Clive Marshall, YorkWe grumbled when British Rail was in charge but its faults were miniscule compared to the shambles we have had since 1995.
Jonathan Tummons, YorkThe railways should be in national ownership and not in the hands of profiteers.
Lucy Neal, LondonThis is the best idea I have come across in a long time. I’m tired of being grumpy about the ups and downs of so many different companies on the railroad. Bring it back.
Simon Redmond, RomfordBring back nationalised railways – for better value, safety and productivity.
William Howells, Great MissendenSince Deutsche Bahn took over Chiltern Railways, it has fallen from the best operators to one of the worst. The whole system is collapsing. We need re-nationalisation now.
Jonathan Futrell, PadstowTake profit out of the equation and we will have a British Rail that works and of which the nation can be proud.
Islam Mohammed, BirminghamIt’s clear the re-nationalisation of the railways will lead to a more reliable, effective and affordable rail service. Privatisation is profiteering at taxpayers’ expense.
Lisa Noremberg, ColchesterAbellio Greater Anglia is corrupt and a disgrace. No customer care, just caring for their own profits. Let’s get them out.
Natasha Koritsas, WatfordI’m sick and tired of prices going up, service going down, and often not getting a seat.
Phil Wall, PontypriddThe poorest suffer; the richest grow richer.
Peter Neal, RomfordBring back British Rail to keep fares down with profit going back into the railway and not to shareholders.
Susan Phillips, LeedsI’ve nothing to say, its so obvious.
Joe Romero, BillericayThis will be the deciding factor of my vote in the next general election.
Philip Cotton, MorpethLet’s run the railway as a public service not to make private profit.
David Lindley, LeedsThe fortunes of East Coast show that public ownership is not the enemy of efficiency and quality service. This must be true for the network as a whole.
Carole Barnett, LondonWe the fare paying public finally need to be listened to. This abysmal treatment of customers has gone on for far too long, It is time for the government to act.