Carmen Edwards, WrexhamAnd then we can re-nationalise energy and water.
Matthew Browne, CardiffI fully support this 100%.
Andrew Macmillan, GlasgowTime to put the resources of the community back into community ownership.
Clive Glaister, SloughRe-nationalise the railways! Proof of the pudding is East Coast Mainline. Nationalisation does and can work.
Jade Montserrat, ScarboroughEllie Harrison’s staggering talk at Artquest conference this year has made me a passionate supporter of this great undertaking. Thank you.
Dave Murray, Newcastle-upon-TyneIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
Char March, Hebden BridgeI often use East Coast which has improved massively since it was taken back into public ownership. Why oh why are they going to privatise it again? Oh yes, to get rich.
Dennis Exley, BarnsleyThe East Coast Service is proof that British Rail can be brought back cheaper and more efficient than in the old days.
Thomas John Wheeler, DyfedThe rolling stock leasing companies swallow up a hundred thousand pounds a year for each and every train – that money goes straight down the drain.
Elizabeth Hames, GainsboroughDefinitely re-nationalisation of the railways needs to be made a priority.
Heather Pollard, HornseaIts time to bring back railways into national ownership. Save the tax payers billions of £s and create a joined up and reliable service.
Chris Strong, Sowerby BridgeCan the privatised railways get any worse?
Kelvin Cantlon, ChorleywoodTory dogma over common sense. They sold the railway to friends and now they are renting it back to us at extortionate rates. That privatisation is choice is such a con.
Anthony Collins, LondonWe are paying for major infrastructure upgrades through the public purse anyway. Privatisation just wrings the passengers for profit.
Leslie Blake, AberdeenThe Tory government still tries to perpetuate the theory that nationalised railways never made a profit. Check out East Coast – in profit since re-nationalisation.
Darren BullBring back British Rail.
James Dawn, GloucesterRailways are the property of the British public like all infrastructure. Utilities should be not owned and plundered for profit by fat cats who pay no taxes.
Peter Fisher, YorkWhat would BR look like now if all the money wasted in privatisation had been invested in BR.
Callum McPhee, CampbeltownBring the railway back into the control of the people.
William Dudley, StevenageI am a retired employee of WAGN (12 years) and have seen a lot of change, most by foreign rail companies. In my view the rail system belongs to the public.
Maureen Cooper, LondonThe railways need good management in the nationalised sector with the capacity to raise funds to make improvements.
Greg Phillips, BristolWe need to encourage more people to use public transport. This won’t happen whilst the railways are run for private profit.
Lorna Matthews, GreenlawNo necessary public facilities should be in private hands.
Peter Henderson, Worthing.We need to combine modern-day quality of trains with BR style joined-up service, punctuality and value for money.
Joan Burt, EdinburghAbellio is a publicly-owned Dutch company. Northern Rail should be publicly-owned by the British people for those using and working on the line.
Iain Bell, CambridgeStop bonuses.
Alison Daly, ShrewsburyPlease re-nationalise and put people before profit.
Chaz Coupland, BasingstokeAfter leaving school and joining British Rail it was supposed to be a career for life not just till 1998. What happened ?
Veronica Symes, FarehamThe cost of train fares is scandalous. The railways should never have been privatised making passengers suffer under high paid big bosses.