Mick Piggott, Hebden BridgeThis, to me, is the crucial policy area, a lynch-pin. The only major party calling for re-nationalisation is the Greens. I will vote for them in the next election.
Marek Kazmierski, LondonOnly the corporations that own the railways can now afford to buy their staff tickets to commute to work on the railways. Do please give us our railways back.
Alan Bowers, LiverpoolTrains for people not for profit.
Stuart Thomson, FalkirkThe trains are a joke these days. I regularly travel with ScotRail and it is without doubt the worst service I have travelled on.
Aron Clay, SouthamptonIt’s disgusting that rail fares have become so extortionate when we live in a country with such severe over-crowding on the roads.
Dixon Lau, HatfieldTransport in UK should be run by British companies who have Britain’s best interest at heart, and not by companies mostly owned by the Chinese Communist Party.
Catherine Wilson, CampbeltownHopefully we will have a nationalised railway company in an independent Scotland.
George Parker, ManchesterPublic ownership is better than private. Just look at the East Coast Mainline for proof.
Michael Ward, NottinghamA botched and malicious idea from its inception. Railways of this country should be owned by the state and run for the benefit of all. There should be a public debate.
Kevin Sparrow, ChepstowI remember when it was all good – a single unified organisation that my family took a pride in. My uncle was a train driver.
Frances McGinlay, LargsJust bring it back.
Shane Stephenson-King, TorquayMy step-dad used to work for British Rail, but when they changed over to all other companies he got made redundant.
Calum Menzies, GlasgowI’m disgruntled at a system where foreign state-owned companies can profiteer from our trains, but our government can’t operate a nationalised service.
Robin Lee, LochwinnochNationalise the whole thing, undo the Beeching cuts and then expand the network!
Colin Farlow, ExeterLong overdue.
Brian Keeping, LondonFares get absurd as commuters are ever more crushed for space and reliability gets ever worse.
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.
Lesley Burt, ChristchurchWe need a rail network that networks for people who use it (or would use it if it worked properly) – not for profiteers.
Christine Ogilvie, BexleyOur fragmented rail system does not work. Bring back a National Transport System.
Alan Palmer, NottinghamPeople before profit. It’s that simple.
Sana Nagi, LiverpoolBring back British Rail.
Anne-Marie Griffin, TruroPrivate railways are failing, they cost us more and provide less. Re-nationalise the railway network.
Dawne Gardner, NottinghamStop the stupid new lines that save 20 mins and rebuild the ones closed by Beeching. We need East to West connections.
Graham Cooke, WorcesterThe Rail transport infrastructure is a major national strategic asset which should be restored to public ownership.
Gavin Dean, ManchesterWe have been left with a debt-ridden sham of a railway network, with ludicrously inflated fares, which get us nothing but the poorest services.
Jon Perks, ChichesterPoor choices by Whitehall (which maybe doesn’t care), poor regulation (by design?), uncompetitive choices for passengers, inefficient infrastructure manager. BBBR.
Brian Newbold, OakhamRailways too important to be left to private profit. Bring back British Rail.
Bryan Kennedy, LondonA unified rail system that is state-owned is safer and works for the benefit of us all.
Gillian Morgan, DoncasterRail transport and its infrastructure should be nationally-owned and run in a cost-effective way, not making profit for shareholders.
Richard Balchin, Saffron WaldenBrexit finally allows us to take back control over our nation’s railways. Brexiteers want a great British Railway back.