Richard Owen, LiverpoolBring back British Rail. Bring it back now.
Ben Twist, EdinburghIt’s obvious – just do it.
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.
Ross Manning, DoverBring back British Rail. Much more reliable.
Paul Medley, LondonIt makes me sick that taxpayer’s money is spent on rail upgrades, via Network Rail, whilst these private train companies are making huge profits.
Michael Barr, AshteadDown with Thatcher, up the revolution.
Margaret Crawford, BrightonI am sick of paying high prices for tickets to use the terrible services of the rail companies.
Stephen Cresswell, LiverpoolRe-nationalisation is well overdue because privatisation is not in the travellers’ interest.
Conor Mullins, RomfordRe-nationalisation of the railways would be one step on the way to the reclamation of all public services and goods we so direly need.
Ross Ma, SwindonIt’s difficult to support privatisation when it feels like it is doing the wrong things that competition law is suppose to prevent, i.e. monopoly abuse.
Nick Green, BrightonAbout time. Let’s go for it.
Alastair BailyPrivatisation has meant massive increased expense to taxpayers and has also pushed up the cost of tickets.
Carolyn Waters, Newcastle-upon-TyneTransport is an essential service and should be nationalised, not having to make profits for shareholders. The present system is far too complicated and fragmented.
Mahmoud Cassim, TranentBring Back BR.
Terry McKeown, LeedsIt’s not a service any more.
Linda Urquhart, LoughboroughHow are these money-grabbing and subsidised services better than the old British Rail?
Thomas Wilson, GravesendTaxpayers paid for it and we pay the MPs, yet they want to sell everything for profit.
Kris Pratt, TotnesRail services since privatisation are a sham.
David Clayton, YorkBR put in the electric East Coast but were never allowed to make money from it. Pride in British railways. The logo means something to be proud of. BR were improving.
Bob Pinder, HebburnI worked for British Rail in 70’s – the butt of everyone’s jokes, but a fully inclusive company. No franchises. Now everyone is paying for privatisation, profit and greed.
Ben NichollsWe commuters have had enough of private train companies running a monopoly and putting cash before customers.
Brian Hanchett, NorwichAt 70years old I have lived through both and it was better with no shareholders’ profits to worry about with all profits going to the Treasury to make our lives better.
Ailsa Swarbrick, LeedsWhy sell off East Coast when it’s performing better than all the others? The railways should be taken back into public ownership as their contracts expire.
Keith Lloyd, NorwichI’m a former career railwayman saddened by what’s been lost in the name of profit.
Matthew Rogers, YeovilRe-nationalise, for a rail service ran for the good of the people and not foreign millionaires.
Shirley Jones, NorthamptonIt’s inescapable logic.
Mike Taylor, SheffieldPeople should benefit, not corporations. Privatisation gives a poorer, more expensive option. No examples of improved service/cost-effectiveness with rail privatisation.
Mark Zaretti, LeedsPeople before profit. The country needs an affordable rail network.
David White, HullThe awful privatised railways are ours. Please give them back to us.
Trevor Shore, PooleWhen I worked on BR there were 12 Coaches on Bournemouth to London trains and 11 on CrossCountry. Now there are only 10 and 5 at most.