Jon Rust, HolmfirthThe UK needs a public unified rail service for public transport.
Hannah Brown, ManchesterWe need a publicly-owned transport system that is affordable for everyone.
Edward Devane, YorkMore money is now spent on the railways by the government than when they were wholly under public ownership.
Ben Moore, AlnwickI believe we should take the key utilities and infrastructure back into public ownership.
Debra Norgate, DewsburyBring back British Rail.
Victoria Hunt, DoncasterTrains are way too expensive. I cannot afford to use them any more and I have to look for jobs in my own town as commuting would not be financially possible.
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.
Catriona McIntosh, BedfordA privatised rail service has been proven to be unsafe and uneconomic.
Brendan Glynn, ManchesterStop the rip-off billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money drained off to private companies’ shareholders. Money should stay in railways to cut fares and keep stations open.
Maureen Price, HartlepoolToo many services have been axed making it difficult to go on what should be simple journeys without several changes.
Huw Gwilliam, LondonCan we also re-instate the word ‘passengers’ not ‘customers’? And get rid of some of those awful liveries too.
Chris Purser, ThirskOur railways cost us more in subsidy. Running and upgrading them is more expensive and millions are siphoned off in profits. Look at East Coast for proof of this.
Janette Kerr, ColefordBring back public ownership.
Trevor Walsh, OldhamRe-nationalise and keep the profits to be invested in the infrastructure.
Chay Paterson, ManchesterRail should be re-nationalised so that all the profits are re-invested, and nothing paid out as dividends.
Maciej Krzymieniecki, BarryIt’s a joke how much the trains cost. In the era of productivity being bigger than ever, the state could afford public transport to be really cheap.
Andrew Rosthorn, DarwenOf all the European countries that came to investigate Britain’s great railway privatisation experiment, not one country copied the British experiment.
Lynda Lorenzo, Sutton-on-SeaA long-time commuter in my youth, now living where there is no rail service – but strongly believe rail network should all be in public ownership.
Mick Burbidge, GrimsbyA no-brainer to stop the passenger rip-offs for shareholders’ profits.
Mark Harrison, IlkleyWe need a unified publicly-run rail service.
Roy Hearne, ShenfieldPublic Transport should be a fundamental right of passage, not a luxury. I would use the train more, and my car less, if I wasn’t going to be ripped-off.
Mick Francis, Welwyn Garden CityIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
Joshua Outen, Milton KeynesWe need to bring the railway back to the people who can make the track for the next generation… Bring back British Rail.
Tom Evans, DoncasterTime for all strategic industries to be run for all the people without profits going to the few.
Anthony Warwick-Ching, LondonBring back a responsibly run, properly integrated public railway system (track and rolling stock) to the country that invented it!
Diane Coleman, HuddersfieldBritish Rail should never have been privatised. It needed investment but the road lobby rules in Britain.
Chris Crossley, SheffieldI agree that we the people need to take it back from private ownership.
Ross Manning, DoverBring back British Rail. Much more reliable.
Mitch Harrison, BoltonBring back British Rail.
Darren Nutting, WrenthorpeLet’s make Britain a success again.