Brian Holmes, WalsallLet’s have a proper rail service for the country to be proud of once again, instead of people rammed in carriages like cattle.
Jonathan Davies, ScunthorpeBring back British Rail. Enough is enough.
Daz NezThousands of good souls together making hundreds of small actions in the right direction towards equality and freedom and away from hierarchy.
Shela Close, Newcastle-upon-TyneYou know it’s the right thing to do. People not profit. Let us be proud of something as important and vital as our rail network.
Gail Fraser, AndoverToo many companies raking in the profit with no though for passengers.
David Haines, HumberstonBring it back to stop putting performance ahead of safety.
Claire Crowley, EdinburghLetting our railways be run by foreign companies just means that the profits will go on improving their own rail networks instead of ours.
Can Gencer, TwickenhamI’m disgruntled with a sub-par train service.
Drew Harding, LondonBBBR.
Laurence Hunter, EdinburghI challenge a political party to make this happen. It would be hugely popular with the British people. So why won’t they take up the challenge ?
Angela Lumb, SelbyIt should never have been sold off at all.
Mary Wheeler, LiverpoolConstructed for the people of Britain, by the workers in Britain and also paid for by Britain’s taxpayers. It belongs to the people of Britain.
Sue Clark, LondonLearn from past mistakes, i.e. the previous privatisation didn’t work. Why repeat the exercise?
Shaun Maunder, EpsomA sensible understanding of what public services should be.
Dermot Killingley, Newcastle-upon-TyneEvery time I hear “Thank you for choosing to travel XYZ”, I think “But I didn’t choose! If I really had the choice I’d be travelling British Rail.”
Mary Ann Good, NottinghamRail tickets are too complicated to buy and too expensive.
John McCarthy, ManchesterRe-regulate buses as well. Cross-subsidise socially necessary routes instead of funding millionaires.
Trevor Donaldson, AberdeenTory ideology created chaos for our publicly owned railways. We all lost as a result.
Noordad Aziz, Great HarwoodThe franchising system doesn’t work and needs to be nationalised.
Ron Barrett, GloucesterForget HS2. Look at the unused, existing track bed infrastructure. Endless possibilities exist to reopen our original rail network, for tourism, freight, etc.
Greg Morris, GlenrothesOn train today from Aberdeen to Kirkcaldy and got removed from train at Dundee as train was no longer stopping at stations past Dundee until Edinburgh. Total disgrace.
Adam Rowles, BarnsleyThank you.
Damian Quinlan, LeedsEast Coast gives us the profit. Let’s keep it that way.
Ray Kempson, FleetwoodSwitzerland has the finest all-round transport system in the world. Trams, buses and rail, all publicly owned.
Malcolm Hinksman, LutonThis is not good for the public, just another rip-off by the government.
Enid Khan, LeicesterThe railways should never have been returned to private ownership. The mess they were in then was the very reason for nationalisation. Will they never consider history?
Ian Johnson, SelbyWe must make sure that it is a new British Rail with the right people running it, not like the people we had before.
Nick Pike, WarringtonUnder the current system, no-one is accountable for the many flaws with the train system, which include high fares and overcrowding. This needs to end.
Diana Webb, CrookIt should never have been sold off. The concept of a competitive market only ever lowers standards and raises prices, alienating many customers.
Peter Nunn, PolegateI’m just fed up with rip-off Britain and private fat cats getting rich on public assets. Why do we still subsidise them?