Tessa Gordziejko, Hebden BridgeThe privatisation experiment has failed. Rail transport is an integrated service essential to the economy and needs public ownership.
John Stephens, BedfordThe dis-aggregated British Rail does not work for passengers; it works for shareholders.
Donald Bladwin, TattershallThe railways were a national asset, but now they are used to finance other countries. The railways of Britain should be for the people.
Steve Linter, CanterburyWe may have newer trains with WiFi, aircon etc., but overall we pay dearly for a worse service. Nearly £70 for a peak day Travelcard from Canterbury to London!
Paul Cope, Hayling IslandBring back British Rail – it belongs to the people not private business.
Aeron Linton, LondonBritish Rail will see a return to regular, affordable, unified travel for all. It needs to be reformed. Privatisation allows companies to exploit passengers.
John Evans, WestburyI’m a former BR employee at Westbury. Because of privitisation I was made redundant.It was a very sad day.
Jon Warburton, WindsorFares are too high and tickets should be available across all railway companies or just Bring back British Rail.
Christine Hall, ChristchurchBritish Rail should be brought back as soon as possible. Privatisation has been a disaster. National Rail for people not private profit.
Susan Tracy, ManchesterRip off Britain – from the railways to the NHS. Everyone should emigrate.
Annie Leymarie, TotnesPrivatisation has not worked. Bring public transport back to the public.
Joe Romero, BillericayThis will be the deciding factor of my vote in the next general election.
Phillip Watson, YorkI fully support your campaign to stop wasting huge amounts of money on supporting the privatised farce of a railway.
David Marsh, Southend-on-SeaNetwork Rail is already public-owned. Bring back the rest to the public, at least it would benefit from the comparative simplicity of being run by one organisation.
Ben Watson, CambridgeEven Thatcher thought privatisation was a bad idea. Get it together railway land.
David And Sonia Crow, BedfordRail travel should return to being owned by the people of the UK.
George Lynes, AbingdonYou know it makes sense. Why subsidise train operating companies with taxpayers’ money so they can pay dividends to their shareholders?
Lorraine Bignall, Westbury, WiltshireI miss the good old days of British Rail
Caroline Aperguis, NottinghamWe want a joined-up service that is not about companies competing to make huge profits from the passengers who have no choice in how they travel.
Jean Edwards, Stoke-on-TrentBring the railways back to where they rightfully belong – to the people who owned it before the Thatcherite years.
James Long, ManchesterOrdinary people pay for the railways through fares and subsidy. Why can’t they be run for our benefit?
Chris Hanley, HalifaxI commute every day and the service is terrible. I pay over £2,000 a year and get a seat 25% of the time.
David Sivier, BristolWe need a train service run for the passengers and people, not corporate profit.
Ali Ali, LondonBring back public railways.
David Mullin, PrestonRun for the benefit if the people not a few shareholders.
Mark Priest, OldburyTransport systems should not be owned by greedy private companies who have no interest in providing a service, only making money.
Christopher Marshall, HeanorBring BR back.
David Lay, FolkestonePrivatisation has been an ideology-led tragedy that makes no sense. Privatised rail companies cost more in government subsidy than British Rail ever did.
Pauline StephensA more unified approach will give a better railway. Common sense and realism should prevail.
Robert Leili, LondonGreat idea. Bring back British Rail. I much preferred it in those days. It was so much simpler and better for both the workers in the industry and for the public.