Christopher Lance, LeedsEast Coast mainline provides an excellent service as a publicly owned company. Don’t flog off this franchise to some commercial outfit.
Samuel Joshua, LondonBring back British Rail, please.
Stephanie Potts, NorwichThis country needs an integrated and unified rail system run for public benefit not a host of private companies making profit for shareholders.
Adam Fekete, HarrogateTrains rock.
William Conrad, OundleEast Coast showed it can be done.
Paul Leyland, ShawPrivatisation has been an expensive shambles, only made banks money, and has backfired as a way of scrapping rail travel.
Nigel McAdam, ManchesterPublic service not private profit. It’s that simple.
Thomas Stacey, RuthinReturn railways and service industries to public ownership, for the benefit of the people of the UK and not foreign-owned businesses.
Dave Upton, PortsmouthI’m fed up being over-charged to use the railway network. Also, do away with first class and make everyone travel together.
Phil SimpsonAll the train companies employ an army of people whose sole purpose is to argue about the attribution of delays – not to improve performance, just to save money.
Sandra Walsh, EssexWe need our railways back.
Mark Thomas, RomseyBring back British Rail. No more privatisation of national assets.
Miles Newman, LancasterThis is urgent.
Chris Price, InvernessAs a 45 year railway man [retired] I long for a return to a corporate image.
Mike Nightingale, CardiffTake back what we built.
Sam Sadjady, LondonThe service, the atmosphere, the filth and, above all, having your pants pulled down every day!
Jonathan Hopkins, HarrogateRail privatisation was a fine example of the reverse Robin Hood mentality of the Tory party.
Colin Bull, LondonThis is long overdue. Bring it back now.
Lee Roberts, DartmouthGive us back our overpriced rail network.
Denis Rice, NottinghamWe need less fragmentation of services. East Coast line shows again what public ownership achieves for the benefit of all.
Nigel Ball, SheffieldState-run rail systems are efficient and affordable. Try Deutsche Bahn.
Andrew Strong, Newcastle-upon-TynePeople not profits in action.
Elizabeth Blood, BuxtonLet’s have the trains for the public, not shareholders etc.
Gareth Pritchard, HolyheadBring free travel to disabled people.
Oliver Hickmet, LondonEnough is Enough. Stop robbing people and making their lives a misery. All everyone wants is to be able to get to their job at an affordable cost.
Julia Vango, SheppertonBring back British Rail, so that we can try to make rail travel what it once was.
Terry Brough, St. HelensThe public ownership of the railways – because it makes sense. Public good. Private bad.
Paul Forrest, Bourganeuf, FranceThe French rail system is excellent, affordable, efficient.
LorenzoCan another government – Spain, France, Switzerland or Germany – run it next time and they have a better track record.
Mary Gordon, EdinburghI use East Coast services regularly to visit family and friends and am horrified I now have to give money to Brian Souter, an arch bigot. Re-nationalise now.