Olaf Sheeran, LondonNationalise Britain’s railway now!
Barry Barker, Stoke-on-TrentRailways for travellers, not for shareholders.
Robert Etherington, SunderlandPrivatisation is not working.
Geoffrey Griffiths, YorkPut back public quality, get rid of private profit from an essential public service.
Erica Jeffery, CrawleyI’m originally from a place in the US that doesn’t even do public transport. It was cheaper and far more reliable than this joke of a system. Shame on bosses and government.
Helen Robertson, LancingBring back nationalisation of the railways. The evident failure and cost to the nation has been a false economy. It should just be taken back by the country.
Colin Carpenter, BedfordWe need to unify the railways again to make them much cheaper for us to use, so we need British Railways back again.
Ole Steuernagel, St AlbansI want value for money as a passenger rather than no value for me and all value being creamed off by highly paid executives and undeserving shareholders.
Graham Geary, DurhamWe are a small island which had an integrated rail system. To turn that into over 100 companies was such obviously stupid behaviour as to beggar belief. Correct it.
Leslie Rowe, Richmond, North YorkshireVirgin Trains failed to provide an adequate service once before.
Maria Grant, ManchesterBring back a unified rail system to the UK.
Pete Redwood, YorkEast Coast mainline is the most successful rail company in the past 20 years. Nationalised rail works. Bring back British Rail.
Jamie Bolam Scott, NottinghamThis is long overdue. Even the Conservatives in many quarters agree that nationalisation is now the only way forward. Let’s get it back in public ownership and fix it.
Richard Baxter, LeedsPrivatisation has been a disaster.
Peter Garland, WhittlesfordThe service is regularly late or cancelled. There are never enough seats. They run four carriages when clearly eight or more are needed. The service is a joke.
Alistair Salmon, MedwayBritish Railways was run more effectively than today’s Train Operating Companies.
Hannah Bloom, LeedsThe publicly owned East Coast railway is making money for the country. Let them all do that.
Helen Amphlett, TewkesburyCompletely overpriced for the service and comfort of the trains. Always my last resort.
Veronica Hobbs, Wootton, BedfordshireThe railways have never been the same since they were privatised.
Alan Smith, RushdenReturn the railways to the people. Five regions served by real railwaymen. Now they stuff trains in silly liveries.
Steven Wood, GooleThe public service network – trains, roads, cycle lanes and buses is basically rubbish, badly run, expensive and always late, It needs laws to improve or sack those running it.
Linda Ringrose, NottinghamThe train is my favourite form of transport but now I’m retired train travel is a luxury that is becoming one I cannot afford.
Abby Sullivan, LondonPublic transport should be in public hands. Our taxes shouldn’t be going to private corporations to make profit for them: they should go towards a better service.
Steve Lucas, SurbitonThe East Coast line proves that public ownership works.
Paul Tandy, CheltenhamThe current rail franchise system is horrendous and poorly managed.
Gavin Mason, SheffieldStop the waste of public funds and bring back a unified rail system.
Michael Markson, LondonPrivatisation of our railways has been an abject, expensive failure..John Major should hang his head in shame.
Terry Hanley, St HelensI used to be a footplate staff on the BR, and it worked like clockwork. Stationmasters made sure we were on time.
Joe Sims, BristolTheir profligate greed is bringing this country to a standstill. A service should be just that and all profits made should be driven back into making services better.
Bob Swann, LiverpoolThe myth that public ownership doesn’t work is busted. Private enterprise has let this country’s transport system down in a spectacular way.