Greg Jessop, IlkleyAs a former BR employee I saw the integrated approach to operational management that provided great service for less public cost more safely. Re-establish BR.
Peter Taggart, WorthingThe constant disregard for passengers is disgusting. Trains miss stops leaving passengers waiting just to arrive on time. And there’s no fines.
Martin Bedford, BournemouthThe rail privatisation has got to be one of the most outrageous, harmful and impractical of all privatisations.
Jean Richmond, NottinghamThis should be owned by us. East Coast line has made a profit in public ownership.
Duncan Marks, YorkCommon sense shouldn’t need to be fought for. Wise up Westminster!
Geoff Gilham, SittingbourneNationalisation needs to happen.
Mohammed Ali, BirminghamIt’s cheaper for me to travel to London by car than it is to go by train. Plus I get a seat as opposed to sitting on the floor like my last two journeys.
Edmund Preston, KinderIt’s long overdue. It’s time to admit mistakes. The French and Germans both have national rail systems as well as buying bits of ours.
Helen Ingham, LutonPrivatisation doesn’t work. Nationalisation does, if not interfered with by those with vested interests. Get the country moving and working properly again.
Jasmine Matthews, HuddersfieldI always felt I was not enough of an expert to get involved in politics. Now I realise there are very few experts within politics.
Susan Gratwick, LondonA majority vote would decide in favour of re-nationalisation and this is a democracy. It is logical to re-nationalise.
Alex Lawson, NottinghamOver the decades, privatised rail services have required a level of public subsidy far in excess of publicly-owned rail services, with little benefit to us.
Mike FriendPrivatisation benefited the very people who controlled the government that was in power at the time and we are now sadly seeing the results.
Christopher Old, Hemel HempsteadWe’re putting billions into the pockets of fat cat executives and foreign companies in exchange for the most expensive rail system in Europe. Things need to change.
James Robert Gillespie, GlasgowPrivatisation has been a disaster. British Rail needs to be completely in public hands.
Nadira Siddique, LeedsWe want a rail service which is fair and looks after the customers’ needs.
Richard Carpenter, AbergavennyQualified support only as I don’t want the trade unions running the service.
Paul Andrews, LondonIt is time to stop this nonsense of private companies making profits from public subsidy and ripping off the travelling public.
Kevin Davies, HatfieldLet common sense prevail.
William Hedges, ThatchamBring it back.
Steven Mair, HarpendenI long for a simplified, unified rail network and that is not achievable with the involvement of selfish private enterprises.
Graham Harris, NuneatonA variety of companies running UK trains is a failure. It needs to change.
David Stower, WatfordBring Back the system that worked, get rid of these private companies who are bleeding the travelling public dry.
JamesWhen it comes to public transport, the green measures the government boasts about are belied when rail companies can increase their fares at will.
Chantelle Abigail Stocks, LeedsAs someone who uses the train as their only form of travel, it has massively restricted my day to day life, especially given that I am a student.
Nicholas Townsend, LondonBring it back to the people for the people.
Elisabeth Winkler, BristolThese are our trains and we need them. No one should be making vast profits at our expense. Also we need a unified network not a segmented one.
Damien Green, CheltenhamPublic services like this should never be privatised. It only leads to under-investment and price increases in the name of profit.
Ian Small, YorkThe financial success of the East Coast publicly owned company should convince government that good public railways can work.
John Weeks, RushdenIt wasn’t broke and now BR needs to be re-nationalised.