Kathleen Rixon, LiverpoolThe current rail services are not very good and usually quite expensive, BR was much better.
Gareth Williams, ReadingWe have tried privatisation and it clearly hasn’t worked. I’m happy to support this new initiative.
Carl Hodgetts, CardiffI’m tired of paying extortionate fares in order to prop up shareholders in private companies whilst the services themselves are unbelievably substandard.
Rose Pearson, SunderlandPrivatisation has succeeded only in giving us one of the worst rail networks in Europe.
Nigella Kennedy, LondonYes, we would sincerely like British Rail to be brought back to the British public.
Matthew Callaghan, CaerleonThere is only one way to make the railways cost effective – re-nationalisation!
Ian Crockford, BirminghamBritish Rail I miss you!
Don Forder, LeedsThe privatised railway is just a way of giving taxpayers’ money to shareholders who contribute nothing.
Peter Taft, NottinghamOne system. Then we’d know where we stand – where / what / who will deal with things, not running around like headless chickens.
Mary Pearson, BirminghamI’m president of Birmingham Trades Union Council. All public transport should be in public hands. People before profit.
Margaret Smith, HarrogateIt would be great to go back to simple tickets and employ out-of-work people to help around the place. They were once known as porters.
Sylvia Webb, SunburyIt feels as if it’s all disintegrated. Make it function properly by joining up the pieces.
Alp Aslan, LondonRe-nationalise the trains.
Andy Cope, LiverpoolA lot of our industries need re-nationalising, starting with rail.
Shirley Clough, BlackpoolBring back British Rail to save our railways.
Sooriya McNorton, YorkOur railway network should be made national and not privatised.
Andy Longshaw, MacclesfieldNon-discounted fares are now ludicrously high. Another fake privatisation creating a private sector monopoly.
Don & Joan Cox, MiddlesbroughDon’t throw a profit-making line away, or give it away.
Eric Mcrory, BearsdenThe last time the railways were nationalised they were systematically starved of investment. Ensuring that does not happen again will make the re-nationalisation successful.
Thomas CoylePut a advert on TV to say Intercity Trains are back, passengers are up and fares are down and boom baby!
Helena RockettA uniform train regulation and pricing structure please. Trains for people, with enough carriages and enough seats and a reliable service.
Richard Marchese Robinson, LiverpoolNot a panacea, but widely supported and surely better than the current mess.
Mark O’Connor, DriffieldIt’s time to serve the public and not the greedy shareholders.
Eleanor Wood, Hope ValleyThe fragmenting of our rail services since privatisation has caused chaos. It wasn’t perfect before but could have been improved more efficiently as a single system.
Mike Evans, LeominsterPrivatisation rejected by Margaret Thatcher. But John Major pushed it through – with the most ridiculous structure anyone could have devised.
Peter Brookings, Milton KeynesRailways should be run as a public service, not for shareholder profit. Get freight off the roads and back on the railway.
Shaun Lowthian, LiskeardAs soon as possible.
Christopher Macleod, ChamplinAlthough I now live in France I commuted from Haslemere before I retired.
Andrew Morton, HuddersfieldTrains constantly late, outrageously poor capacity, fare hikes every year, compensation services are awful. This has not worked. End privatisation for good.
Trevor Shore, PooleWhen I worked on BR there were 12 Coaches on Bournemouth to London trains and 11 on CrossCountry. Now there are only 10 and 5 at most.