Jim Lacey, HolyheadA fragmented service, owned by mainly foreign companies, charging higher fares than the rest of world for benefit of shareholders not passengers. Re-nationalise it.
Anne Keighley, ManchesterBring it back now.
Ian Mycroft, Leamington SpaMake it a partnership: a publicly-owned John Lewis, with passenger, employee and government representation – not a state bureaucracy, as before.
Louise Butcher, KentI’ve reached the end of the rail with Southeastern. We need a return to a service run for passengers not for profit.
Greg McGurk, BillinghamI loved working for British Rail and it was never the same following privatisation.
Jane Lennie, ShepshedI never understood why taxpayers pay private rail operators to take passengers’ money, with no gain to the taxpayer.
Margaret Worrall, AberdourScotRail has been taken over by Abellio, an apparently good Dutch company, from First, a crap Scottish company. All British public ownership would seem a better idea.
Martin Bedford, BournemouthThe rail privatisation has got to be one of the most outrageous, harmful and impractical of all privatisations.
John Davies, YorkEast coast is an example of what a good job a publicly owned rail company can do.
Rachel Whittaker, BathI’m sick of rubbish expensive trains. The current rail companies couldn’t give a toss as long as they rob us dry.
Martin Gough, HertfordWe now have a muddle of over 700 companies, thanks to a stupidly ideological form of privatisation that only benefits big business and foreign governments.
Richard Sutton, HexhamI would rather the public purse profited from a crappy rail service than fat cats and their shareholders.
Hilary Parnell, RickmansworthBritish Rail publicly owned would be operating in the interests of the stakeholders.
Mike Vyvyan, ScarboroughEast Coast has shown the way – now let’s see the politicians follow.
Lee Calder, BirtleyRe-nationalise the railways.
Rosalind Collier, BristolI grew up with British Rail and was not happy when it was sold off.
Andrew Gays, LeicesterStop putting profits above people.
David Roberts, ScarboroughBring the railways back into our hands and let our economy benefit.
Stephanie Dearden, LondonStop selling our services to Germany and Holland. They wouldn’t like it if we interfered with their railways.
Alan Marshall, BostonGod protect us. Have you ever tried to buy a ticket via the Indian telephone No? It’s a nightmare.
Graham Donaldson, WakefieldBring BR back to public ownership, control fares and get more freight onto the railways.
Geoff Hayley, LincolnFor a streamlined rail experience, bring back British Rail.
Dean Chapman, BristolJust look at the fantastic work and profits made by East Coast Trains. If they can do it why can’t the whole network?
Alan Holmes, StaffordPeople need freedom to move.
Barrie Hood, Newton AycliffeIt’s the only way you will ever get an efficient rail system.
Cailean Maclennan, LanarkshireWhile not perfect, public transport in Germany is clearly superior to what we have in Britain. I think that speaks for itself.
Helen Flyn, PeterboroughYou knew where you stood with British Rail.
David L Atkinson, MirfieldEastern Rail’s success is surely enough evidence for re-nationalisation.
Ellen Blakemore, BrightonThe railways in the UK need to be brought into the 21st century. We need paperless, at cost, reliable travel, not the confusing, expensive and inefficiency we now have.
Christopher R Wintle, BirminghamAffordable travel for all.