Jan Smith, NelsonThere is a crying need to make public transport more affordable. Re-nationalisation of rail is one way to do this.
Jon Harrison, LondonAnd can we do the gas and electricity companies next please?
Laurence Price, HorshamPrivatising the rail network was a scandal. We have the highest cost rail network in Europe, now partly owned by overseas governments. East Coast mainline worked well.
Angie Jukes, WarringtonI am a passenger not a customer.
Peter Cranmer, DoncasterPrivatisation was a bad idea from the beginning. To attempt to break up a national service and maintain this integration was stupid, ill thought-out and inept.
Jez Hall, St NeotsSlam doors.
Susan McDermott, EdinburghYou have my full support. Good luck with the campaign.
Caroline Bond, LeedsI use the East Coast mainline to visit my mother in London. I’m delighted with the service. Trains, like hospitals, schools, water, gas and electricity should belong to the people.
Sue Edwards, CheltenhamA cohesive national rail service that belongs to the people rather than to private operators is what is needed. Currently it is disjointed and expensive.
Timothy Geering, SouthamptonFor the sake of an efficient railway system and one that is priced for need and not profit, we need them in public ownership.
Jack Coleman, CrawleyThe fair from Crawley to London is £35, for a distance of only 30 miles. This is unacceptable.
Maria Grant, ManchesterBring back a unified rail system to the UK.
Les Bullock, CannockAnother privatisation disaster.
Gillian Kennard, RochesterAs a disabled wheelchair user I cannot always give 48 hours notice which is demeaning.
John Hicks, Sunbury-on-ThamesIf even ‘Red Ed’ couldn’t be persuaded to re-nationalise the railways then it doesn’t look too hopeful – but good luck anyway.
Arthur Edis, DoncasterIt’s about time we had everything back. We may be able to afford to live then.
Lesley Jones, HullIt just makes sense to me – people before profit. That goes for all the other utilities (gas/electricity/water) that have been privatised for the rich to make more money.
Jacinta Appleby, LondonIf a national rail works in France, Spain, Italy and Germany, then why not here? Re-instate British Rail.
Phillip Harvey, LondonToo expensive, delays and dirty trains. Sort it out!
Patrick English, SheffieldOver-priced horrible trains ran for fat cats and not for the public good.
Antoine Sud, WimbledonIt sounded like a good idea in theory 30 years ago, but politicians need to admit it has failed in practice.
Henry Nayler, WatfordI don’t use trains, but my family does.
Paul Roadnight, HarrowRe- nationalise British Rail for efficiency instead of profit.
Brian RacherIn the present system driven by the obsessive need for profit, the needs of the passenger are not considered – they are only important as the source of revenue.
Keith Kennils, Newcastle-upon-TyneEast Coast is making a profit under state ownership. Keep it that way. Stop the rip-off price rigging of train tickets.
Catriona McIntosh, BedfordA privatised rail service has been proven to be unsafe and uneconomic.
Margaret Rumble, OakhamNot before time.
Gordon Fleming, HamiltonRe-nationalise at a pittance fee, to teach the speculators a lesson.
Brian McKay, ManchesterSince privatisation the taxpayer has never paid as much out to loss-making companies. It makes a mockery of the notion of lower prices, better service.
Jennie Cummings-Knight, CromerWe are gradually losing many facilities that used to be exclusively British – let’s keep this one, at all costs.