Douglas Cook, PenzanceTransport is the business of us all and should not have been stolen for the sole benefit of shareholders.
Colin Flowerday, HoltThe Tories run the East coast main line as LNER. Bring back BRITISH RAIL.
Debbie Gibson, LeedsOver-crowded trains, unreliable services, staff cuts, rising prices regardless of the quality or level of service, so time that this was addressed.
Elizabeth Bentley, LondonStop subsidising private companies and use the money to run our rail system more efficiently.
Debby Poole, Stoke-on-TrentThe cost of rail fares now is so expensive I can no longer afford to travel.
James Hurst, Newcastle-upon-TyneEast Coast line making a profit for the country and yet they want to privatise it – where is the common sense in that?
Paul Marchant, LeedsThe idea of competition when there are fixed routes makes little sense. The public subsidy to all the lawyers and spivs involved is wasteful.
Anna Coles, CanterburyIt makes good economic and ecological sense to re-nationalise the railways.
Jane Angel, EdinburghLet’s have a national railway system that works as an inexpensive and real alternative to car and air travel. It makes sense on all sorts of levels.
Linda Baker, BrightonA sense of shared ownership would encourage train usage.
Robin Lenox, Whippingham, Isle of WightThe only way forward for our railways is in the public sector as a non profit company. No greedy shareholders and over-paid directors to cream off the profits.
Robin Holden, Chipping NortonBetter a public than a private monopoly.
Phillip Bevin, SurbitonThe idea that essential national infrastructure should be owned by publicly unaccountable overseas private organisations is absurd on a fundamental level.
Rowan Crawshaw, CaernarfonI hate Virgin and First.
Alfie Venner Woodcock, LondonLong journeys using more than one train company are hell. These competing train companies are by nature disinclined to co-operate, directly disadvantaging the traveller.
Eileen Jaques, YorkAlthough not frequent, I am a regular train user, mainly between York and London and occasionally other destinations.
Michael Hurst, ManchesterIt cost taxpayers more while private companies maintain a good profit. Put all revenue back into the rail network, with the same systems of oversight.
Jeff Hemmen, LondonAs a foreigner who now lives in the UK, I still cannot believe how expensive (and otherwise capitalist) trains in the UK are, and that the British people let this happen.
John Parr, FakenhamI rarely use rail travel because I find it chaotic and expensive. I wouldn’t mind that so much if it was good old British Railways muddling through.
Jim Tait, EdinburghLet’s do this and end the monopoly.
David Bacon, SheffieldBringing British Rail back into the public domain is a no brainer. A state owned system would cost less and profits would go to the nation.
Karen Scrimshaw, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe process of purchasing train tickets and trying to find the best price is an absolute nightmare, especially if a journey involves two different networks.
John Wakefield, StoneFor all our sakes – and the environment – let’s have our national rail service back.
Garreth Maguire, PrestatynWe need railways that are owned by the state and public passengers and freight. They should never have got rid of British Rail and we want it back.
Steve Smyth, StonehouseWe deserve the best railway in the world.
Barry Barker, Stoke-on-TrentRailways for travellers, not for shareholders.
Adam Rowles, BarnsleyThank you.
Malcolm Tedd, OadbyI’ve been waiting for the opportunity to help re-nationalise British Railways for a while now.
Jamie Robertson, LondonSo we gave it a go and it failed us all. Bring back British Rail.