Jeff McCracken, GlasgowSocialise BR now.
Benjamin Ross, Welwyn Garden CityThis is needed. Our railways are just a joke now.
Alison Broadley, BedworthI would like to travel long distances and know connecting trains will be waiting for me.
Maureen Lydon, YorkFares higher, fewer trains, poorer services. Bring back BR.
Philco Gibson, LeedsBritish Rail belongs to the people, not private corporations.
John Robinson, LincolnThe franchise system isn’t working. We need proper trains with enough coaches so that people can travel in comfort and at reasonable prices.
Mike Bellion, SedberghEfficient public transport is not a market product for customers to fight over. It is basic requirement of a prosperous and civil society.
Robert Kennedy, KelsallStop the East Coast line sell-off.
Peter Morgan, Barrow-in-FurnessReally, fares need to be cheaper.
Maggie Kraus, Saltburn-by-the-SeaThe system is at present fragmented, expensive and often badly maintained. The services are ill-co-ordinated and not run for the convenience of the passengers.
Marcello Gabrielli, DerbyshireThe railways have gone nothing but down hill since the privatisation of British Rail.
Thomas Gray, ExeterIt’s about time that the most efficient railway in Europe came back and put an end to the privatisation chaos.
Catherine Spink-White, PerthWe must get back for the people what the British taxpayer laboured long and hard for.
Susan Bayley, DerbyTrain fares are way too high, especially if you want to travel on a Friday. Why?
Danny Kearney, LondonHalf empty first class seats, standing only on certain routes with above inflation ticket prices. Compare East Coast financial figures with franchises. No contest.
Lauren Hopkins, LondonI use the train frequently and am disheartened at the decreasing levels of quality of all journeys. We need to standardise the whole network as it is a disgrace.
Mary T Johnston, EdinburghBring it back. It works for the people.
William Carter, WigtonTrains are always late and stupidly expensive. This has to change.
Christopher Cunningham, Market HarboroughI agree that the rail network should be de-privatised and run by a non-profit organisation.
David Moore, Leedswe need it back to public ownership, not fat cats creaming off the system.
Kay Groom, KinghornI’m totally in favour of re-nationalisation. It would be better for staff, customers and the environment, as more of us would use it if it was cheaper and more efficient.
Gavin Dewar, BallochA public railway has the possibility of making a real impact, not only on day-to-day spending, but on longer-term issues like the environment.
Shirley Stott, BrighousePublic Transport should be owned and managed by the public, for the public as a public service and always on a not-for-profit basis.
Richard Capeling, RochesterWe must bring back British Rail. It costs more to go on the train to Scotland than it does to fly anywhere in Europe.
Dan Gifford, MachynllethGerman rail allows two 48 hour stop-overs within one long distance ticket. I don’t think that could happen with the complexity of our rail system, and theirs is cheaper.
Jason Pickering, StranraerI have fond memories of British Rail in the early 1980’s when my mother used to take me to London on days out. We used to travel from Bristol to London.
Lewis Greco, HorshamBring back British Rail and stop wasting state money.
Neil Turner, BridgendIt has been one of our most disastrous and pointless privatisations, contradicted by such a large proportion of the TOCs being owned by other countries’ state transport.
Noel McCullough, BelfastKeep the greedy fat cats away from the people’s railway.
Ian Scrimgeour, BournemouthPrivatisation has been a disaster for the fare-paying passengers.