Catherine Brotherston, EdinburghAll transport systems should be integrated, reasonably priced and in public ownership.
Alison Smith, HoveTicket prices are now so high that they will force commuters off the trains. Please re-nationalise the railways and run them as a public service.
Maire Wilcox, CalstockPut people before profits and see what happens.
Joseph French, YorkLets get back to a sensible rail system and get rid of the mess that de-nationalisation has left us.
Robin Mallinson, HatfieldTrains are necessary infrastructure for the good of the nation so should not be left in the hands of those who would bleed them dry to maximise profit.
Mark Dunwell, LeedsTo say I am heartbroken that my former employer was really bad is an understatement. BRITISH Rail was the greatest nationalised railway in the world.
Malcolm George, WakefieldWe need a rail network to service citizens not city banks.
Joel A Forster Jones, BournemouthThe railways are an essential service for all, not a source of private profit.
Ann Smith, MiddlesbroughTravel in Europe is always cheaper and cleaner. Emergency travel to distant family here is too expensive.
Matt Williams, WaterloovilleBring back British Rail.
Michael Morgan, CinderfordIf public ownership works and makes a profit on East Coast line, why not have the lot in public ownership?
James Hurst, Newcastle-upon-TyneEast Coast line making a profit for the country and yet they want to privatise it – where is the common sense in that?
Karl McAreavey, GlasgowRe-nationalising the railways wouldn’t cost as much as it does now. The public should be made aware how much the Scottish/UK governments subsidise the railways already.
Nicholas Bigsby, LondonBring back BR.
Andrew Hoadley, ArchwayProfit motive built the railways, when they really competed with one another. Now, and especially after WWII, it is a national asset. It must stay.
Paul Rowan, LondonWe are paying more in subsidies to the private companies than we were under the old British Rail. This makes no sense as privatisation was supposed to stop subsidies.
Thomas Marshall, OxfordI pay more and more extortionate amounts for an ever less reliable train service. How long must this continue before we admit that privatisation is a failure?
James Dodd, SheffieldIf there’s profit to be made, then the profit should belong to the people and be further invested into improving the facilities for the better of us all.
Ian Woodford, IpswichLet’s have it.
Owen Gurrey, YorkThis needs to happen.
Diane Johnstone, CleethorpesI want complete re-nationalisation of the railways.
Hugh Tonks, CambridgeBBBR. Except this time make it accountable to a committee of the travelling public, railway experts, successful business people, and no politicians. Thank you.
Sam La Roche, WrexhamNationalise BR for a better service, a cheaper service, a public service. It’s what the public want.
Andrew Sangster, LockerbieI’ve had enough of travelling on a system that is more geared up for shareholders than passengers.
Anthony Cohn, LeedsEast Coast shows that nationalisation can work. I have used trains in many countries and our chaotic, privatised, piecemeal, non-integrated system is one of the worst.
Gemma Fisher, KentIt’s about time.
Danny Read, GooleNot necessarily British Rail but we need a less fragmented railway.
Tricia Davies, ThatchamWe are paying for it, but not owning it. A transport system should not be about profit, only service. It should be state-run.
Mark Jude, LincolnI think once it’s 100,000 it’s heard in the House of Commons.
Ray Eyden, DerbyBring it back.