Martin Boyle, LondonPrivatisation equates to the pilfering of public funds into private pockets; no brown envelopes required!
Michael Rimmington, NottinghamThe sooner the better, and I am a railway employee.
Denise Robson, GatesheadAnyone who has travelled on European trains knows that Britain has a rubbish rail system – slow, expensive, cramped and no longer fit to carry enough freight.
Jo Vallance, NottinghamGood luck with this campaign.
Michael Cryer, AberfeldyIn many cases the train fare is more than the cost of fuel for the same journey in the car.
Austin Pacitto, LondonImmediate re-nationalisaton of BR. Fairer fares, standard prices and no large payouts to fat cats.
Alistair Campbell, CarnwathBring it back.
Mark Charters, Fuzhou, ChinaDo it now.
Stephen Helm, PontelandEast Coast Rail have shown that publicly-owned is better than privately-owned, for customers and taxpayers.
Jack Jaye, SurreyBring ’em back. Save us from this shambles!
Sally Freear, HeyshamThis proud institution should never have been dismantled in the first place. Like so many other services, they place profit before people…
David Stower, WatfordBring Back the system that worked, get rid of these private companies who are bleeding the travelling public dry.
Robert Davis, LanarkshireThe industry is structured for maximum profit and minimum investment for a cartel of unaccountable and untransparent rail companies.
Matthew Hewson, LouthBring it back to British Rail.
Jane Gannaway, LincolnThe railways are an essential part of our national transport system and all profits should be used to maintain and upgrade the system, not siphoned of by the fat cats.
Alex Harvey, SheringhamNationalise public transport.
Paul Leonard, ChoppingtonKeep British Rail public.
Jane Mowat, BristolPut people before profit. Give us our public transport back – trains, buses, ferries, the lot.
Peter Hepplewhite, Whitley BayEast Coast have shown the way.
John Stead, SunderlandThe railways need investment. Yes. They used to get it. But it was described as financial losses. Now they get money poured into them to guarantee profits. That is a loss.
Sean Jones, WalesHands off our property. If we say don’t sell then you should not sell. Railways should belong to the British people, not to the Tory elite.
Alan Bremner, StockportRe-nationalise or stop all subsidies. If the private sector is so great why do they need public money?
Paul Sheppard, LondonSouthwest Trains are crooks.
Colton McKenna, KilwinningThe British people deserve British Rail back.
Richard Church, LondonGet rid of the fragmented, inefficient and unsafe privatised railway system.
David Elsby, CreweKeep East Coast nationally owned.
Mark Mayo, LondonPublic transport for public good rather than private greed.
Peter Gregson, EdinburghWe need British Rail back. Why did Tony Blair and Gordon Brown never act?
Sam JordisonInvest in infrastructure instead of enriching shareholders.
Richard Oakes, LondonWe have seen the East Coast line can deliver. Stop these shareholders robbing us of the profits we need for our railways.