Gill Smith, EastchurchYes, nationalise the railways. Bring them back for what they were intended – public transport owned and managed by the people for the people.
Gill Cuthbertson, BangorThe system is not fair. Different subsidies or hike-ups in different regions. It needs intelligent organising.
Vivienne E Heatley, LondonYes. Bring back British Rail.
Terry Crow, Hedge EndEver increasing fares, crowded and uncomfortable trains, poorer and poorer service. We should have public oversight of a publicly owned service.
Peter Murray, DoncasterLet’s turn the privatisation tide.
Joseph Kendall, LiverpoolWe need to bring back British Railways, not British Rail. We need to reverse Beeching and build new, specific high-speed lines to increase capacity.
David Minshull, Stoke-on-TrentDisgruntled ex BR S and T man now privatised and sick of red tape.
Robert Woodhead, LeedsIt’s about time it should be for the people not run for private profit.
Aaron Donaldson, Haywards Heath£5000 for a rail ticket that gets me in late every morning. No seat and I have to stand for an hour every day. Fares just keep going up. This can’t be right.
Edward Gray, FulhamThis is a no-brainer.
Andy VaughanI am a regular passenger and I hate the word ‘customer’!
Robert Brickwood, SurbitonAs a matter of principle I strongly object to privatised train operating companies. Their prime motive is to use profits to pay dividends to shareholders.
Dee Grimes, LewesWe need to own the railways. They were on time, clean and often newly refurbished, and there was cheaper food.
Philip Campbell, LiverpoolGet it back off these profiteers as soon as possible.
Andy Longshaw, MacclesfieldNon-discounted fares are now ludicrously high. Another fake privatisation creating a private sector monopoly.
Mark Jones, FarnboroughBring back efficiency for people, and remove that for large fat-cat personal profits.
Keith Bryant, SandownLet’s bring to an end the privatised fiasco that provides the worst service for the highest fares in Europe.
Jack Mills, PlymouthI could get to London from Plymouth for £14 on an InterCity Saver back in the day. Now it’s about £180. Where did it all go wrong?
Roy Burton, DundeeRe-nationalise all previously nationalised industries.
Alan Hetherington, CarlisleStop the waste and profiteering and provide a well-funded and maintained public train service everyone can be proud of.
Cameron Telfer, Newcastle-upon-TyneI think bringing back British Rail is a good idea as the prices of tickets can be equalised and made fair for all rail users. Cheers.
Hadi Mehrpouya, EdinburghThis is a wonderful movement. My stomach turns every time I hear about the subsidies, and the amount of money private companies are stealing from the public.
Chris Challinor, SheffieldRationalise our railways.
George Sanderson, LeicesterBring back British Rail.
Thomas John Wheeler, DyfedThe rolling stock leasing companies swallow up a hundred thousand pounds a year for each and every train – that money goes straight down the drain.
Malcolm Barnes, SheffieldPrivatisation is killing the UK.
Aaron M, East SussexPrivate operators waste too much time apportioning blame for late trains between each other.
Georgios Siminas, ManchesterPrivatisation has allowed behemoths of companies to immorally inflate rail prices and has left us with no alternative but to empty our wallets in order to travel.
David Robertson, WhitlandThe people and the environment all benefit from a unified, efficient and clean rail transport system that puts people before profit and is owned by its users.
Harry Hornsby, IpswichThe government try to encourage use of the railway as a green alternative to driving. In fact it’s cheaper for me to drive to most places rather than use the train.