Susan Judd, LincolnThis needs doing.
Rob Hague, DerbyRun the railways as a service like the roads, not a cash cow like banking.
Kevin Morrison, BlackpoolStop the wasteful fragmentation of our railways. Put the mega-profits back into the infrastructure to improve services.
Martin Rawson, DerbyEast Coast Mainline proves it can be done. High quality service run for passengers not shareholders’ profit.
Graham Jarvis, SalfordBring Back BR now.
D Roberts, CornwallLack of private investment has destroyed our public rail transport system. We can have a better system offering no congestion, less pollution and faster journey times.
Mick Brady, Newcastle-upon-TyneWe need the railways to be brought back into the public ownership now.
Brian Martin, MorpethIt is August 29th and the cheapest available ticket for travel between London and Morpeth on Sunday 13th November is £80. That’s utter robbery.
Rod Munday, AberystwythThere are so many reasons why this needs to happen.
Stuart Bell, RedcarBring it on. But remember that Network Rail, supposedly in the public sector, but running wild with taxpayers’ money, is the biggest part of the problem.
Andrew Kearney, RochdaleThe service has got progressively worse as the fares rise and rise. Privatisation has failed.
Kevin McGroarty, GlasgowPrivatisation has failed. Bring our railways back into public hands.
Marc Collinson, BangorGreat campaign. Now a serious outline of proposals are required from a think tank.
Ian Smith, LeedsThe rail industry needs to be run safely for all and not for profit by the few.
Sioned-Mair Richards, SheffieldIt’s too important to be left to the private sector.
Chris Purser, ThirskOur railways cost us more in subsidy. Running and upgrading them is more expensive and millions are siphoned off in profits. Look at East Coast for proof of this.
Hannah Bloom, LeedsThe publicly owned East Coast railway is making money for the country. Let them all do that.
Alan Tebbit, TruroRun for profit railway has been shown not to work.
Meg Fabian-Peacock, IlfracombeBring back British Rail.
Gregg Burnell, ChesterfieldI’d love to use trains more but, almost every time I do, I’m staggered by the inefficiency and outrageous cost of the service. It needs to change.
Tony Sandland, BirminghamI’m an ex-Saltley guard. This infrastructure that’s losing a battle is ludicrous. Bring back British Rail.
Nicky Whittenham, WeymouthI rely on public transport to travel to work and its cost is becoming prohibitive. Something needs to give.
Jamie Spilsbury, MerseysidePrivatisation has taken its toll on the whole railway system in Britain, turning it into a complete mess, not to mention train fares going up year after year.
Alan Whittaker, Llanelli, CarmarthenshirePrivatisation doesn’t work. The time to re-nationalise is now. Our railways are nearly all state-owned, but the problem is, that they are foreign states that own them.
Peter SleggBefore privatisation, British Rail was the second most efficient rail service in the world, second only to Japan.
Sabina Stefanova, LondonGo Ellie Harrison!
Keith Graham, CheltenhamI am utterly stunned at the appalling state of our rail network. This needs to be put right. I have stopped using trains and started using planes, which are cheaper.
Bradley Clark, LondonThe sheer confusion of using our transport system makes me ashamed in other countries. The cost of train travel way surpasses travel by car.
AntI lived in SE London for a long and happy time and used BR quite a lot on the way into town. Never was I late or felt unsafe. Privatising is a huge mistake. British Rail forever.
Andrea Dudding, YorkPublicly-owned railways cost 30% less than our fragmented private ones. No joined-up thinking by government.