Shirley Jones, NorthamptonIt’s inescapable logic.
Tereena Costard, SloughI’ve been using East Coast trains for the last year and a half. I would hate to see this change.
Lewis Stowe, CoventryBring it back in the name of, and in service to, the people of the United Kingdom.
Alan Yates, GraysIf it can be done in house it should be done in house.
Bill Colwell, Newcastle-upon-TyneIt costs more to travel 2nd class to London or the South coast alone by train than it does by car. The differentials aren’t just slight, they are way off. It’s crazy.
Deborah Croker, MelkshamI used to travel everywhere by train to visit family and friends and for leisure but that feels like a distant memory now. It became too expensive.
Anne Armstrong, SeafordThe railway can survive in public hands as we don’t live in the old days.
Gordon Sloss, BasildonSort it out,eh?
Andrew Morrison, SheffieldThe most expensive rail network in Europe by far. Enough is enough. It’s time to take it back off the ‘fat cats’.
Ian Hayward, BasingstokeHow can you run a railway and claim maximum customer service when you are also giving millions of pounds to shareholders who contribute nothing?
Sophia Stravoravdis, WokingBecause I can’t afford to travel for work or to go and see family and friends.
Janis Bradshaw, WolverhamptonA national rail system run efficiently for the convenience of the people, not for the profit and benefit of the few.
Anthony Bonner, AshfordBring back British Rail as it was the best the railway ever and best it has been for a long time.
Sean Garvey, LondonI fully support bringing our railways back into public ownership. As each franchise comes up for renewal we need a step-by-step nationalisation of the entire network.
Val Bodels, WirralThe rail system no longer works for passengers but just for profits. The pricing system is a farce. Please bring back something we can trust.
Geoff Brewer, DevizesWe know that rail networks overseas in Japan, Germany and France etc., are pinnacles of public transport excellence. We need to copy them.
Mike Macsorley, BargoedIncompetent politicians have turned a public service into a public liability.
Alan Lovegrove, BracknellA system for the people not for profit is needed.
Liam Matthews, EssexAbsolutely shocking service from Greater Anglia, with trains always late and so, so over-priced. I can never get a seat.
Helena Rant, PlymouthAs a student it costs me way too much to get home and, due to the extortionate train prices, I can barely afford to travel to pursue my career as a performer.
David L Atkinson, MirfieldEastern Rail’s success is surely enough evidence for re-nationalisation.
Mick Rix, NorthumberlandHow can they take away what is rightfully ours in the first place? It’s the same with everything else that has been sold off.
Jade Tarsnane, KidwellyPeople should be encouraged to use public transport systems, if we are to reduce CO2 emissions and combat climate change ever. But fares in my area are ridiculous.
Nicola Milic, CardiffOutrageous. Only one carriage instead of two on the Coryton line – a bit too cosy.
Dave Crowe, CreditonThis was a fatuous privatisation driven by greed and ideology (aren’t they all?) not public service and a sense of community.
Rhisiart Williams, CardiffGet the Swiss in to run the railways for us.
David Alcock, GlasgowHow stupid. Virgin’s Glasgow to Birmingham trains are diesel, but the line is electrified – the price of fragmentation.
Audrey Walsh., PortsmouthThe railway companies have for too long been allowed to treat passengers as dupes to fund the managers’ high salaries, and their bonuses, and shareholders.
David Hurst, Newcastle-upon-TyneNow Thatcher has gone, it’s time we erased the odious Me! Me! Me! legacy she and her minions left behind and saw the return of services run for people, not profit.
Lorne Elliott, DurhamEast Coast trains are a great example.