Diana Lauder, WakefieldPrivatisation rarely works for the average person. East Coast was doing so well so why did that have to change?
Kev Kirkham, Stoke-on-TrentA good idea.
Richard Waltereit, Whitley BayMany of the private rail companies are foreign national rail networks, so it would better be one British Rail.
Danny Read, GooleNot necessarily British Rail but we need a less fragmented railway.
Derek Bibb, GlasgowI believe that it is very important to have a unified, not-for-profit railway sytem to provide travel at reasonable cost..
John Perkins, LondonTake it out of the hands of profiteers.
Scott Free, SaltaireBring back British Rail or I have to put up with a pathetic service.
Helen Edwards, StaffordBring back one system.
Janet Goodall, HarwichIf railways were nationalised, we could pay people to be station staff instead of paying them to be out of work.
Paddy Costall, LondonShameful actions by respective governments have badly served the population as a whole. Labour need to get back to principles and act, before it’s too late. Some chance.
Sam Bridges, DerbyI think that British Rail should come back. Let’s hope the train fares go down.
Richard Stone, CanterburyI would like to see is a railway system that is managed and run efficiently with good opportunities for commercial growth and employment. Bring back British Rail.
Michael Riches, WymondhamReturn the rail network to public ownership, not shareholders.
Mick Knights, Waltham CrossTransport for the people by the people, not for profit. All service industries must be publicly owned and all monies ploughed back into the service.
Tony Armstrong, DoncasterYou just have to look at the money these CEOs of TOCs pay themselves and the countries that the profits go back to just to see that private ownership is not the best.
Jean Addison, CorbyThe public has been conned by the de-nationalisation of rail, water and power. The only people who have benefited from this policy have been the shareholders.
Stephen Pearson, LeedsAll essential services and transport should be brought back into public ownership. There has been a steady decline in all of these services since they were privatised.
David Anderson, PetersfieldThe railways are for all, not just for those who can most afford them.
Frances Tham, LondonThis Government should be sacked.
Christopher Connery, BirminghamLong Overdue for changing, this nightmare called privatisation.
George Moffat, Whitley BayTony Blair’s Labour government should have re-nationalised the railways as soon as they came to power.
Annette Lillig, EdinburghRailways should be run for people, not for profit.
Ben M H, PlymouthI’m too young to have remembered when the railways weren’t privatised but it sounds like a good idea.
Jeremy Evans, BrightonI love nationalised trains.
Brian Rattray, AberdeenPrivatisation has been one of the biggest disasters of all time.
Nigel McAdam, ManchesterPublic service not private profit. It’s that simple.
Mary Price, WorthingTo replace highly trained guards with glorified customer service operatives is ridiculous and an insult to rail users.
Jonathan Ellison, CheltenhamNational public transport should be run for the public by the government and not by profit incentivised commercial companies.
Nicola Hartley, LondonThe public have had to subsidise the railways so why not simply publically own them and then proper public travel services for all instead of profit motive alone