Timothy Bell, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe time has come for us to return to a joined-up rail system.
Alan Pattison, ManchesterYes, I agree to the re-forming of good old British Rail.
Carolyn Clift, LeedsWhy change a management team that works and makes a profit?
Daphne Hayden, Whitley BayAll the rail network should be nationalised.
Saneet Bhella, LeedsI pay for a cheaper train even though it stops at a further station than the place I need to go to. Logic.
Philip Quinton, AylesburyWhy is it cheaper to travel by car than by train?
Adam Fisher, YorkWe need this.
Peter Alderton, GravesendI’ve been on the railways for ten years and the level of service has gone down. They shouldn’t have been sold off as they should be for the people not private profit.
Leslie Holder, ReadingMy late father worked for BR and Rail Track and always moaned about how bad things had got after the take over, about penny-pinching mend-and-make-do and poor management.
Mike Campbell, DurhamBring service industries back to their natural home – the public sector.
Brian RacherWhat we need now is a return of British Rail, in whatever form it may take, to get everything back under one roof.
Bill Hobson, MordenDo away with private regional rail networks.
David Holt, ManchesterLabour force mobility enriches the economy, and depends on affordable transport. The railway re-nationalisation process, which is already under way, needs completing now.
Catherine Vickery, Market HarboroughPrivatisation was the easy way out for Margaret Thatcher – along with selling off council houses. Then energy. Now we are owned by multi-nationals. Give back our transport.
George Bell, GatesheadPrivate rail is expensive and inefficient, robbing the tax-payers.
Roger Wells, StourbridgeThe Tories won’t do it but why didn’t Labour?
John Morrow, SunderlandI’m sick of getting ripped off.
Peter Nunn, PolegateI’m just fed up with rip-off Britain and private fat cats getting rich on public assets. Why do we still subsidise them?
Edward Freeman, DundeePrivate interests should not profit from national infrastructure or a national service or a national utility at the expense of the public.
Sarah Dignan, PrestonIt must make more sense to have one railway system run for the public good – transporting people for leisure and work is something for the government to be proud of.
Joseph Till, LondonThere would be less of a north/south divide if people could afford to visit other areas in the UK. It will benefit all communities across the nation.
Ian Broadbent, BristolPower to the commuters and not the shareholders. Currently all profits go to shareholders and not back into the railway. It’s so subsidised it might as well be re-nationalised.
Una-Jane Winfield, LondonThe train operating companies are fleecing taxpayers and the government.
Simon Kingston, WolverhamptonWe need rail travel to be cheaper than going by car. That would be true step forward.
Luis Galindo, BrightonDo not share details with third parties.
Emily Hallam, NottinghamBritish Railways are awesome.
Richard Ineson, WhitbyThe privatisation of BR has brought no benefits, high fares, and still the public subsidise the service to a higher level than when it was in public ownership.
Christine Chapman, ManchesterAs a child and in a family of four children, my parents frequently took us by train from Sandy, Bedfordshire to London Kings Cross.
Diane Madeley, AbergavennyThe tax-paying community is paying substantially for a failed privatised system. Rail communication benefits the whole society and should be re-nationalised to reflect this.