Dewi Loveluck, BridgendBring it back!
Keith Davidson, Hemel HempsteadTicketing is a nightmare and needs to be simplified and rationalised in a comprehensive national system.
Dave Crowe, CreditonThis was a fatuous privatisation driven by greed and ideology (aren’t they all?) not public service and a sense of community.
Connor Nunn, ManchesterI’ve travelled on rail for years and I’ve seen a huge decline in the service. I can never get a seat and the fact of the price is a joke!
Liaqat Ali, SloughPrivatisation has only put profits first. They are mismanaging and not considering passenger needs and safety issues.
Timothy Nicholas Brown, BanburyConsidering we have just about the highest train fares in Europe, re-nationalisation would seem to be a wise decision.
Frances Farrer, OxfordThe sham promise of efficiency has been exposed as just another way of profiting from public subsidy. The system is chaotic and unfair, and should be fixed properly.
Timothy Gregory, Deepcar, SheffieldOvercrowding and poor service on CrossCountry. Too much emphasis on profits and not enough on passenger interests.
David McintoshAs rail passenger numbers grow and the calls for the reopening of closed lines increase, action must be taken!
David Henderson, BirminghamPrivate companies receive more in subsidies than BR ever did, but is the service any better? No.
David Burn, YorkOf course we should bring back British Rail. It’s common sense.
Jackie Ross, WakefieldBring back available, affordable travel for all. Not everyone has a car or can afford one. We all like to get out and about, not just car drivers.
John Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe railways should never have been privatised. It’s a mess.
John McNulty, Newcastle-upon-TyneLiving with East Coast Rail has highlighted that the case for privatisation has never been proven.
Rebecca Harper, NottinghamBest idea ever.
Maryam Shakiba, LondonRailways are a public service and should be state run and not for private profit.
Jacqui Rowe, BirminghamI’m disgusted that London Midland has had its franchise extended.
David Kent, PrescotThe British railway system should be in public hands. Most of what was closed by Beeching should be re-opened, as people live in those isolated places now with poor public transport.
Luke Dickens, ManchesterUK trains are over-priced, inefficient and well behind in technology.
Fraser Henderson, LondonBring it back but make it the John Lewis method, where everyone is equal.
John Steggles, BedfordWe must bring the railways back under public ownership to stand a chance of bringing fares down to an acceptable level.
David FairclothThere are thousands of people who support the idea of having an integrated, publicly owned and operated railway.
Paul Gatenby, LiverpoolWe the taxpayers are already subsidising them. We should take them over and run the railways as a public service.
Stuart Holden, NottinghamYou know it makes sense.
John Taylor, ChesterfieldBring back British Rail is the best for the rail network since George Stephenson,.
Patrick Stack, Basel, SwitzerlandI used to live in Bournemouth and the then British Rail offered a good and polite service with reasonably priced fares. Where has it gone?
Daniel Roberts, OrpingtonBritish Rail rules.
Col Walmsley, Newcastle-upon-TyneInto public ownership
Monica Lanman, LondonWell done for taking this on so competently.
Ray Waterman, SheernessFollow that with the Post Office.