Bruce Hulley, PortsmouthPublic ownership of our railways means keeping costs down, cheaper fares and being able to provide reduced rates or free travel for pensioners.
Vanessa Martin, BrightonBring back national railways to be proud of. Get us to work on time with a seat. And a clean safe journey for a reasonable price.
Helen Pengelly, BarnhamI regularly travel by train but am finding increasingly it is cheaper to drive.
Richard Brierley, DerbyPrices for train travel have soared through the roof and passengers are penalised financially if they travel at certain times.
Denise Morell, Newbiggin-by-the-SeaPassengers before profits please.
Mark Brun, Stockton-on-TeesBring an end to privatised railway madness. The only people it benefits are shareholders not the rail passengers.
Rodney Sobey, Berwick-upon-TweedExisting East Coast rail organisation is a useful transition model for return to public ownership.
Harry Wise, LondonIt is cheaper and more efficient to maintain a nationalised railway. All the evidence says so.
Greg Sutton, FleetTime for a change.
Stephen Field, WarwickPrivatisation was just a con and a rip-off of public funds. Let’s see an end to it.
Alan Coode, OxtedBring back BR.
Daniel Leslie Leckenby, CosbyPeople before profits, and while we are at it let’s bring back gas, water and electricity too.
Ron Greenham, LutonBoth the trains and the rail system should be under one management and it is too big for one company to control.
Alan Ransley, BroadstairsRetired rail worker, both British Rail and private. I know which is best for the country. BBBR.
Oliver Smith, Wold NewtonIt will benefit everyone and leave our economy better off.
Adrienne Grimes, LeedsIt’s another thing that should never have been sold in the first place.
Margaret Tibble, LondonThe privatisation of British Rail has proved to be a huge mistake. Can we please learn from this one and re-nationalise it.
Alex Malone, BristolI cannot feasibly use the trains any more at the absurd prices. It is daylight robbery.
Robert Beckford, HolsworthyMy nearest mainline station is 46 miles away. Re-open the Exeter to Plymouth route via Okehampton and get a free alternative route to the often disrupted route though Dawlish.
David Dakin, SheffieldWhy stop at the East Coast? Privatisation has only brought greed and poor service. Let’s go the whole hog and bring all the railways back to public ownership.
Alan Derby, AndoverThe vast profits that the rail companies are making should be in public hands to make the railways more efficient and cheaper
Lisa Bowles, BristolThe current service provided by private companies such as First Great Western are absolutely awful and the prices are ridiculous. Bring back British Rail.
Matthew Haynes, WinchesterUnified 1948, broken 2017.
Catherine Duckenfield, DoncasterEast Coast owned by the public was doing fine. The Treasury were getting the profit that will now go to big business. It would be a joy to buy tickets from one place.
John Miles Palmer, Stoke-on-TrentFirst help stop HS2 by pushing the cheaper alternatives for a high-speed network, regional connectivity and GB Freight. This would be supported by voters and passengers.
Joshua Dessapt, LognesIn France, we are about to make the same mistake. The railway to the people.
Wayne Bloomfield, DagenhamOver-priced fares, hardly any seats when I travel to and from London. Privatisation has become more of a joke than it did with British Rail. Bring back BR.
Steve Burden, BristolI can’t see it happening, but who knows if we can keep up some pressure on the government.
Warwick Downes, LympstoneI will vote for the party that pledges to re-nationalise the railways. Otherwise I can’t bring myself to take any political party seriously.
Anthony Hinds, HarrogateAspiration for passengers has deteriorated through privatisation and costs have risen. It’s a failure.