Daniel Wellbeloved, LondonGreat idea. Bring back BR.
Ula Taylor-Reilly, PortsmouthAffordable travel is a necessity in terms of practicality and quality of life. As a student, despite my costly 16-25 railcard, I find train fares crippling and limiting.
Joseph Trapido, LondonFor God’s sake it is so obviously a natural monopoly that it should be in public ownership.
Lucy Musk, Welwyn Garden CityA necessity that is run for profit and greed, the same as the utilities.
Jodie Morris, WatfordI can’t afford to get home from university most of the time.
Steven Houghton, WakefieldNon-privatisation.
Irene Lovell, RomfordRailways run as a public service, not as a money making operation . Profit should be ploughed back into operation to continually improve service.
Nick Shepley, CardiffRail is a natural monopoly and therefore all arguments in favour of marketisation are a complete nonsense.
Hedley McCarthy, Blaenau GwentNot just popular with Labour core voters, but it would be popular in commuter land.
Clare Whiting, BrightonYou know it makes sense.
Konnie Lloyd, NottinghamThe East Coast line has demonstrated how a well run line can satisfy its customers and put its profits into the Exchequer. What more do you want?
Joanne Royston, LondonI’m being priced out by season ticket fares, and am on a three year pay freeze.
Robert Gordon, LiverpoolIt’s time we the taxpayers have more say on how our money is spent.
Sheila English, NewportIt’s quite simple. They should never have been sold off as they belong to the people.
John Roberts, LiverpoolOvercrowding, overpriced, understaffed.
Robin Murch, DawlishWhy should other state Railways (French,German, Chinese, HS2 etc.) own our railways, particularly as we can do it better?
George Falzon, SwindonRe-nationalising is the only option.
John Oliver, BournemouthDirectly owned East Coast railways is proving the best of our railway companies. Let’s follow that great example.
Suzanne Hart, Royal Tunbridge WellsEnough of this obfuscated mess.
John Hartley, LondonPrivatisation hasn’t worked, except for the shareholders who are taking our (tax and fare payers’) money out of the rail system.
Liam Woods, BrightonPrivatisation of British Rail was the biggest farce our country has ever created.
Florence Arthur, EdinburghIt is not working, late trains and profits going to faceless people, where it should be taking care of passengers. There are not enough carriages for folk to sit down.
Tom Norman, LondonI’ve had enough of Southern Railways.
Linda Walker, BirminghamWe need a good reliable, reasonable travel network to support and reduce the amount of traffic on our congested road network.
Anne-Marie Griffin, TruroPrivate railways are failing, they cost us more and provide less. Re-nationalise the railway network.
Malcolm Philpott, EnfieldAll essential services should be returned to the public domain.
Geoffrey Taunton, Montmorillon, FranceI’d visit England much more frequently if it had a coherent rail system.
Robin Lenox, Whippingham, Isle of WightThe only way forward for our railways is in the public sector as a non profit company. No greedy shareholders and over-paid directors to cream off the profits.
Richard Glazzard, Tunbridge WellsI am rarely on a train these days that is (a) on time, (b) not broken (c) has a driver or (d) completes its whole journey without being discontinued early.
Raymond McIlreavy, BonnybridgeStop ripping us off.