Roger Bridgman, LondonBritish Rail offered a good service. Left as it was, it would soon have reached the glossy standards of today’s overpriced, heavily subsidised private companies.
Amy Warburton, TewkesburyBring back British Rail you corporatist bastards.
Martin Cheeseman, Leighton BuzzardOn looking back on British Rail it was wonderful compared to what we have now.
Angelo Ciraulo, EdenbridgeBring back British Rail.
Mora Rolley, AlnwickStart by not selling off the East Coast Line.
Alexia Johnson, SouthendFairer working times. Working a 13 day stint on a roster is not good for productivity.
Fran Grubert, ManchesterPrivatising equals stealing. Give us back what is ours.
Mary Finnigan, BristolFares from Bristol to anywhere are astronomical.
Steven White, HullGreat Campaign. I fully support its ideals The Tories deliberately ran the railways into the ground through lack of funding in order to convince the public to privatise.
Colin Ride, WakefieldI agree with the idea of a not-for-profit company running BR. DOR has successfully run the East Coast mainline bringing in a return for the taxpayer.
John Wilkinson, Milton KeynesI like this idea.
Gill Cuthbertson, BangorThe system is not fair. Different subsidies or hike-ups in different regions. It needs intelligent organising.
John Linge, DoverBR has got to be better!
John Hoyle, HalifaxBring it back.
Dave Kavanagh, WokingEvery private railway has demonstrated their total inability to serve the nation. We cannot rely on the profiteering tendencies of private business.
Terence Dixon, WalcoteThe privatisation of the rail industry was done on a false premise and poor model of operation. Railways worldwide need subsidy as they are vital services. Nationalise.
John Seager, BasildonThey would be better in getting there than some of the others (apart from c2c.)
Daniel Eunson, EdinburghBRING BACK BRITISH RAIL. Bring back affordable fares, profit paid back in to the public purse and quality service for all.
Joe McKechnie, LiverpoolNot too much to ask.
Gina Kirby, LeedsMajor had no business selling my railway to his friends. I want it back.
Pauline Vaughan, KendalI stood up in first class on rail journey from Oxenholme to Manchester. I had to move from standard class as there were so many people I could not breathe. It was unbelievable.
Joanna Dunn, NottinghamThis is no way to run a railway. Simplify, unify, make it cheaper, get cars off the road.
Ashley Roots, FreckenhamTerrible! Buying new trains doesn’t sort punctuality! People don’t care what train they’re on as long as its on time!
Brian Holmes, WalsallLet’s have a proper rail service for the country to be proud of once again, instead of people rammed in carriages like cattle.
Joseph Hegarty, London4.1% broke the camel’s back.
Georgina Watson, CroydonIt’s time to restart investing in a necessary public transport infrastructure that isn’t led by profits and shareholders.
Francis Saunders, The Hague, NetherlandsI’m in full support of a sensible and fair rail system. Stop them charging us exorbitant fares for travelling on our own railway, and give us back the control.
Jason Lodge, HoveBring back publicly-owned railway, to show these companies how to run it.
Jeff Cooper, ChesterfieldPrivatisation has been a disaster for everyone except the train operating companies.
Callum Winfield, IlkestonI am sick of all these foreign businesses abusing the system to milk us of all our hard-earned money. It has to stop being about profit. Make British rail British.