Dorothy Granville, MiddlesbroughBritish taxpayers should own British Rail, not French taxpayers or private investors.
Lynn Stewart, LondonWe need a change. The way things are now is appalling. We need trains to get to work and they just aren’t working and the companies don’t care. We need a change.
Jasmine Matthews, HuddersfieldI always felt I was not enough of an expert to get involved in politics. Now I realise there are very few experts within politics.
Elizabeth Timms, St NeotsYou’d do better supporting the Green Party than Labour if you want this to happen.
Karl Price, AltrinchamWe have franchises run by other national companies making profit and funding their national railways, BR Could be funding back into our railways and serving communities.
Malcolm Eden, CoventryRailways must be brought back under some form of public ownership because they are too important to be run by private companies.
Gill Boden, CardiffPlease bring back BR.
Harry Duffin, BrightonAll the rail franchisees are subsidised by the taxpayer, so in reality they should be in public ownership.
George Percy, North ShieldsThanks Dr Beeching. Power to the people.
Jill Jerram, LondonI don’t approve of private profit-seeking for public institutions.
Mike Weaver, Newcastle-upon-TyneTotal support for this. I use the Northeast line a lot. Private sectors failed but it turns a good profit for the taxpayer now that government runs it.
Pam Homer, Stockton-on-TeesThe railways belong to the people and control should be returned to them.
David Lienard, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation is a capitalist threat to democracy.
Stephen Godden, Port TalbotI’m old enough to remember just getting the train to go somewhere and getting there for a fair price without hassle, and without having to buy a ticket six weeks in advance.
Richard Shaw, SheffieldIt’s horrendous at the moment in comparison with the rest of Europe. Why should we settle for this? It’s so expensive too.
Leanne Bennett, SunderlandBritain once owned many fabulous things. Now we barely own the air we breath.
Sean Armstrong, LondonHaving lived and travelled in mainland Europe, I now know we have the worst and worst value trains. It needs to change.
David Hall, HuddersfieldA good service well run.
Gavin Edwards, LondonThe heart of the railway is the people, but privatisation has put profits and shareholders first. We need British Rail back to run services for the people.
Susan Crawford, HarlowBring back British Rail and end the farce we are having to endure.
Wayne Cockin, BuryThe rail network needs co-ordination and the re-opening of lines to ease congestion in our towns and cities.
Mark Dawson, CarshaltonTrains are public transport. It is obscene for a private company to run them for profit.
Vivienne Aldred, PrestonPublic transport should be owned by the public.
Charlie Monck, CharlburyRe-nationalisation should take place without any compensation to shareholders. They bought what we already own, so should lose their money as if they’d bought a stolen car.
Akshat Khare, LondonBritish Railwas truly the golden age of railways. Make railways accountable to the taxpayer, not the shareholder.
Nigel Hayes, KetteringPeople before profits.
Brian Blackett, CramlingtonPlease let us end the fat cats railway.
Simon Jones, BromleyWe need a joined-up train service run in the public interest, owned by the public.
Andrew Stock, ColchesterI’m bored with paying to run Europe’s rail network with the profits from ours.
Rob Jell, SwindonIt’s high time that all services like these were returned to public control, giving a greater buying power, ensuring a much better service and price for customers.