Alison Webster, BanwellWe used to own the whole network, until it was stolen by the Tories and sold.
Cindy Sullivan, LondonPlease bring back British Rail.
Tiago Miranda, SalfordTravelling by train in the UK is expensive. Some blame the Pound. Others blame the British having better quality of life. I’d say companies are charging more than needed.
Anthony Amith, Milton KeynesPrivatisation only takes from the population as a whole, to give to the already-wealthy. Give us back our stolen property.
Diane Cox, PenzanceSo good to know there is a movement to do this.
Richard Codling, EdinburghNational transport infrastructure should never have left public ownership. Any profit now should be re-invested in the infrastructure.
Linda Ringrose, NottinghamThe train is my favourite form of transport but now I’m retired train travel is a luxury that is becoming one I cannot afford.
Greg Phillips, BristolWe need to encourage more people to use public transport. This won’t happen whilst the railways are run for private profit.
Maryam Shakiba, LondonRailways are a public service and should be state run and not for private profit.
Guy Hodgson, WarwickTake out profit and allow rail staff to co-operate with one another to move people and freight.
Keith Davies, BangorBring back BR and get the job done properly and with better value.
Philip Macdermott, LondonWe should get value for money and not pour funds into the fat cats’ pockets.
Yasser Sheikh, High WycombeIt’s terrible. I take so many train journeys a year and it’s all Virgin Trains – so expensive.
Tomos Jones, RuthinFed up of waiting for trains.
Troy Baxter, SkelmersdaleGive it back to the people who use it, not the people who watch it from afar.
Patrick Newman, StevenagePublic service rail works – that is why they are trying to privatise East Coast for a third time.
Thomas Marshall, OxfordI pay more and more extortionate amounts for an ever less reliable train service. How long must this continue before we admit that privatisation is a failure?
Darren Whittle, WiganBring back British Rail. Stop public money going into foreign rail operators’ pockets to subsidise their own trains.
Neville Akroyd, LauncestonPrivatised rail is a confused, inefficient, prohibitively expensive mess.
Chris Manvell, Isle of SkyeIn general, I feel that all essential nation-wide facilities and services should belong to the people and not to private companies whose main purpose is profit.
Phoebe Taylor-Thorpe, RotherhamThe railways should be under public ownership.
David Johnston, GlenrothesIt would be better with British Rail all with the same colours.
Elizabeth Timms, St NeotsYou’d do better supporting the Green Party than Labour if you want this to happen.
Akshat Khare, LondonBritish Railwas truly the golden age of railways. Make railways accountable to the taxpayer, not the shareholder.
Mark Ross, MansfieldIt was once ours. Profiteers should not get richer by setting extortionate fares and providing a disgraceful service.
Coral Lines, CanterburyPrivatisation of the railways has been another catastrophe of capitalism. Services should be run to serve the people, revenue re-invested in continuing improvements. Hurray.
Beverley Clark, HartlepoolBrilliant initiative to try to Bring back British Rail. Good luck. It’s the best idea I have heard in years.
Simran Gill, LondonGood luck guys.
J Ward, EnfieldTrains should be available to the majority of people and wouldn’t it be wonderful for the country if British Rail were brought back. Train trips should not be a luxury item.
Eric Gendle, MiddlesbroughThe East Coast mainline is state-run and profitable, unlike all other franchises. Follow their lead.