Neil Friend, AldershotAll major utilities should not be run for the benefit of shareholders.
Robert Jones, BedfordEverything was so much better under British Rail. You didn’t need to know which train operating company you had to use because it was all British Rail.
Kathleen Myers, MerseysideBring back all of the rail network.
L Frishwasser, BathPublic transportation is just that; delivering a PUBLIC service, not just profits for a few shareholders.
Clare Jaap, BrightonIt is prohibitively expensive and pricing unnecessarily complicated when travelling by rail.
Kade Ramsey, ColchesterI’m too young to remember the railways before privatisation, but I am disgusted with the colossal increases in fares every year. Re-nationalise the railways.
Lee Ward, LondonWith the present divisive system there is no co-ordination, only feeble excuses.
Jon Matthews, SwanleyVote Green to bring back British Rail.
Michael Thompson, DoncasterIt’s about time taxpayers stopped subsidising railways so private firms take profits. East Coast rail has proved that public ownership equals profit for taxpayers.
Cameron Fleming, ManchesterFreedom of movement is useless with overpriced transport.
James Honke, IverThe current system is a farce, which costs the taxpayer millions and lets private companies skim off the top.
Jo Christman, SpaldingIt’s about time rail travellers got a better deal and the profits come back to the taxpayers and not greedy shareholders.
David Fox, BristolRailwaymen, not accountants, should be running the railway.
Andy Welling, BristolHow long will it take the government to stop these vultures giving the public an awful service?
Fliss Premru, LondonWe need a publicly-owned, accountable and affordable railway more than ever at this time of austerity and climate change. Rail rather than more short haul flights.
Fraser Henderson, LondonBring it back but make it the John Lewis method, where everyone is equal.
Mary Kitt, CaerphillyThey should never have been sold off.
Gill Page, BedalePrivatisation has been an expensive disaster. Re-nationalise.
James Howells, LondonIt’s the worst railway service in the World and a system that exists solely to rip off commuters. The end of this botched system can’t come soon enough.
Vince Hutchinson, DealMy father was a guard for British Rail and my grandad was a signal man. Both worked in Ashford, Kent.
Lisa Mundy, PortsmouthI recently travelled on trains in Europe and China, superior to the UK and run for their people. UK get a grip and nationalise.
J Miller, BerkhamstedWhy can’t we all have a service as good as the nationally-owned East Coast line?
Bill Moss, LondonAs an ex BR employee I am very aware of how standards of customer service have declined to near extinction in the past 30 years.
Gina Kirby, LeedsMajor had no business selling my railway to his friends. I want it back.
Diane Lindsay, OrmskirkMy son works 12 hour shifts in Manchester and Northern Rail have made this unbearable, very close to undoable.
David Smith, StourbridgeAs a regular West Coast traveller I am consistently frustrated by increases in rail fares.
Conal DunnThere’s a fat chance of this happening under the current regime, and with UKIP popular too.
Lindesay Irvine, LondonAs the chronic chaos and mismanagement (not to mention the costly subsidy from public funds) shows, there is an unanswerable case for a re-nationalised rail service.
Brian Bushell, PorthmadogThe present system is a financial disgrace.
John Salter, ConsettThe success of the East Coast franchise in public ownership shows just what can be achieved. All the rail franchises should be taken back into public ownership.