John Seymour, Tadcaster.The rail network needs to be unified, and as the East Coast main line proves, running under public ownership after two private company failures, a profit can be made.
Julia Taylor, LeicesterBritain needs an efficient, unified, real service run to provide a high quality service, not an over-priced, disjointed railway system run for profit at our expense.
Hugh Davies, AberdareThey should never have been sold off.
Steve Holden, BrightonWhy can’t the country own its own critical infrastructure?
James Register, LondonGood luck.
Steve Rhodes, DoncasterEven the USA’s train system is a publicly funded one.
Alan Bettridge, LondonWe need BR back. Why should we pay fat cats to run a system that should be public and run for the public.
Carolyn Eaves, HastingsThomas the Tank Engine would do better. Chris Grayling – for goodness sake, get a grip.
Christopher Walker-Lyne, YorkPrivate isn’t necessarily better. We want a single national network, for ourselves, for accountability and not for profit. Bring back public ownership.
Ian Johnson, SelbyWe must make sure that it is a new British Rail with the right people running it, not like the people we had before.
Jonathan Alder, WenhastonAlthough it is probably bottom of this government’s agenda, for thousands of people the goal of having a railway system run for people as a service is fundamental.
Jennifer Ware, YorkHands off our railway. It is making a good profit. Stop selling off the crown jewels.
Rex Birchenough, PeterboroughEast Coast has been run very successfully for the last few years under national control. Why change it?
Chris Parsons, BodminThe railway should be a social service, not a commodity to be traded.
Rose Pearson, SunderlandPrivatisation has succeeded only in giving us one of the worst rail networks in Europe.
Liz Moore, CoventryBut not the sarnies.
Robert Boyd, GlasgowStop the fares rip-off. Bring back under government control.
Rebecca Reid, LeedsDo it.
Tim Goodwin, BarnsleyPrivatisation has not worked. Passengers are paying record high fares, whilst subsidies are paid to TOCs to operate what were our trains, on our behalf.
David Hunt, NottinghamThe present system is costing the taxpayer more than British Rail did.
Christopher Thomson, ChelmsfordThe prices are beyond a joke. An end to privatised railway services must come.
Brian Hodgkinson, NottinghamSince the railways were privatised I have never travelled on them.
Oscar Wallace, LiverpoolThe current situation is nonsensical except to those private profiteers who are running the railways at a sub-par standard. Bring back British Rail.
James Mundy, New ElthamGood luck with the campaign.
Terry Wood, NorwichFar better under BR days.
Jeremy Galbraith, AshfordBring back British Rail, and the sectorised branding.
Christine Beveridge, LochgellyBring it on – as soon as possible.
Justin Hill, ChesterThe current service is terrible, unreliable and expensive!
Patrick Hilley, KeighleyGreat idea, about time.
Andy McEwan, WhitstableThe status quo is not an option. Stop ripping commuters off.