Ben Hooke, NorwichAnd while you’re at it, please bring back trains with windows you can open, not air-con, so we can really enjoy the journeys breathing fresh air.
Brian Flynn, LeedsIt is vital for the future of our society that we begin to take back into public ownership those things the state ought rightly to manage.
Sooriya McNorton, YorkOur railway network should be made national and not privatised.
Oliver Otway, SudburyRe-nationalise the power companies while you are at it, so they can’t blackmail you with power cut threats.
Martin Dawson, EdinburghBring back British Rail to give the customers a better deal.
Marc Collinson, BangorGreat campaign. Now a serious outline of proposals are required from a think tank.
Christine Laugesen, LeylandI remember British Rail before it was all sold off. It worked well. Since privatisation we’ve returned to the Victorian era. Re-nationalise, now.
Rachel Hardy, LiverpoolI hate Virgin trains. It is painful to pay so much money for an uncomfortable service, either freezing cold or suffocating hot, with horrifically smelling toilets.
Andrew Parr, LondonCan we please abandon the bankers’ railway (HS2) in favour of a policy that ensures heritage/community rail projects are properly linked to the national network?
Ilija Jovanovic, DerbyWhat’s happened to the rail, as with everything, is a disgrace. Money before people. Bring back British Rail.
Ersan Hakki, LondonFare increases every year for an increasingly diminished and unreliable service. Privatised companies have had zero accountability for too long.
Pamela Case, LondonIt’s the only sensible way.
Anthony Protheroe, BourneI want to see all the railways back nationalised.
Peter Jones, PrestonPrivatisation was the civilian equivalent of a war crime.
Don Kearney, SussexBring back BR.
Jason Fisher, StevenageThe railways should be owned by the people and run for the people.
Pamela McFarlane, IpswichThe prices are too ridiculous. I’m spending a quarter of my monthly wage on trains.
Joginder SinghImagine what sort of railway we could have had if British Rail had been given half the money trousered by the privatised rail fat cats!
Christine Sweeney, DurhamPrivatisation is a mess. It’s just ripping off the public and taxpayers.
Jean-Pierre Tremp, BrusselsAs a student from abroad in the seventies, I learned to love the U.K. (yes, it was at least united by rail) by travelling with a (then) affordable Britrail Pass.
David Hill, Welling, KentBritish Rail should be for the hard-working people and not a gravy train and toy for the rich.
Amber Smithwhite, PaigntonWhat’s happened to British Rail – it used to be cheaper, easier and happier to let the train take the strain.
Christopher Wilson-Cooch, PrestonIf we live in a free country, how is it that many people cannot afford to get from one end of it to the other? The free market has failed and it’s time to re-nationalise.
Ian Green, LeedsLet’s do it.
James WoodmanPrivatisation, fragmentation, subcontracting, internal markets, franchising, managers, managers, managers, jobs for the boys… Rip-off Britain!
Ternan Macnamara, ThirskThe first experiment in private management of transport in this country ran for 100years – the turnpike system. It ended because it was useless and expensive.
Andrew Tate, WolverhamptonWe need to take all our resources out of the hands of big business and place them back into public ownership.
Karen Heaton, Stockton-on-TeesBritish Rail should belong to the British people.
Daniel Sharples, WarringtonHow can a billionaire like Richard Branson truly care about everyday people?
John Murray, EdinburghIt should never have been sold off in the first place. It was a public utility, subsidised by the taxpayer, and then sold for private profit.