Mary Wyburn, AmblesideI want collective ownership of a rail transport system for the benefit of service users, not shareholders.
Samuel Theodoridi, WorthingEven Thatcher thought privatising the railways was a bad Idea. That says something.
Leslie Platt, TarporleyInitially I was against re-nationalisation, but enough is enough.
Lindsay McDowell, LeedsThey were good old days. Where I live you could get a train and go a long way on it.
Robin Whittaker, Canvey IslandNetwork Rail next.
David Harney, BromleyTrains are too expensive. The railway is needed by everyone so should be kept cheap and not run as a private profit-making business.
Sarah Edgar, LiverpoolRail costs are too high, especially compared to France, for example.
Andrew Cliff, BirminghamWe need our railway back like it was before.
Anouk Kahanov, AberdeenI enjoy using the trains in Scotland because I’m only an occasional long distance traveller. I’m completely convinced I’d be disgruntled if I’d have to commute.
Eileen Smith, RushdenYes please.
Nick Weeden, ManchesterBring back a nationalised rail system rather than the broken current system run by profiteers.
Brian Morton, RedcarPublicly owned buses would be a return to better things as well..
Marianne Gaskell, WirralI can’t afford days out with my children on the train any more. They’re late, there’s not enough staff and never enough seats. Profits should benefit the country not shareholders.
Sheila Taylor, SheffieldWhy should so many British institutions be in the hands of private companies?
Carl Spurling, FrodshamThe system at present, with so many companies, is too complicated, particularly when planning a cross country route. Fares are complicated and expensive. No one seems accountable.
Stephen West, BristolOur forefathers paid for the railways through hard graft and taxes, yet most didn’t gain a penny in the great British rail sell-off.
Helen Pengelly, BarnhamI regularly travel by train but am finding increasingly it is cheaper to drive.
Natasha Koritsas, WatfordI’m sick and tired of prices going up, service going down, and often not getting a seat.
James O’Grady, CoventryYou know this makes perfect sense.
Anna Harrison-Melville, AshfordThe responsibility for our railways should be in one hand and accountable to the people.
Charlott Ndupuechi, SouthamptonIt’s one very important thing we can do now we’re out of the EU.
Michael Karczewski, RamsgatePublic transport should never have been privatised in the first place.
Richard Barton, SouthamptonIt just needs to be done.
Jean Squires, CongletonThe system is too confusing at the moment.
Ian Donnelly, PrestonNobody did it better than BR.
Patricia Glen, BorehamwoodSince privatisation the rail service has deteriorated and become more expensive.
G Collins, Leighton BuzzardTransport should not be run for private profit. Commuters are being ripped off and receive poor service for their money. We need joined-up thinking across the transport network.
Timothy Geeson, LeedsThe Train Operating Companies and the Maintenance Companies all take profit. It’s a nice way to transfer government subsidies to them and it’s unfair.
Charles Reid, LeicesterThe sooner we get a public rail service, run for the benefit of the public rather than shareholders, the better.
Alyson Rennie, NottinghamI moved to Nottingham in 1996 and soon got a job with a company that dealt with British Rail. Soon after that year we had then to deal with all the private companies.