Gareth Bridges, SwindonBring back British Rail.
David Servant, PontefractA national, not-for-profit railway network, properly funded is the only way forward. The current system is unaccountable and a joke.
M P L Muresan, LondonAt least, as a first step, bring back the BR brand within the franchise system, like with London Buses. The customer should only see BR, regardless of actual TOC.
Al-Karim Bhanji, LondonBring back British Rail.
Kevin Courtney, LiverpoolRail prices are high, service is low and standards are low.
Tim Miles, LondonIt’s an essential public service.
Paul Smith, SheffieldBring back British Rail and get rid of this joke of a railway we now have.
Thomas Mugridge, LoughboroughThe present system does not put passengers first, only shareholders’ profits.
Gordon Anderson, AberdeenOur transport system is too important to be left in the hands of numerous disparate companies whose only loyalty is to their shareholders.
M&S Murphy, ScunthorpeExpropriate, not just re-nationalise.
Richard Walker, Newcastle-upon-TyneSince privatisation the prices of rail fares have increased well beyond inflation with no justification.
Dafydd Waters, BristolThe rails are subsidised and way too expensive. It’s the worst of both worlds. Give me back my railways.
Paul Southcott, YorkPrivatisation has made things both worse and more expensive for the passenger and all the profits go to off-shore companies that pay very little tax.
Sam Spinks, NorwichBring back our national railway service.
George Povey, BathTrains suck at the moment. Constant delays, tickets cost an insane amount even with a Railcard and they are poorly maintained.
Danny Pritchard, LondonIf the government had pumped as much into British Rail as they have into all the private companies, we’d have the best bloody train system in the world.
Stephen Smith, HawickThere is no need for the profit motive in the rail industry, but a socially-owned network cannot return to the pre-90s. We can learn from the privatisation experiment.
David Arscott, OkehamptonPublic use so public ownership.
Thomas Gray, ExeterIt’s about time that the most efficient railway in Europe came back and put an end to the privatisation chaos.
James Newby, HerefordBring Back BR. They were a brilliant company managing the railway network.
Kaissa TaitIt is cheaper to rent a car for a week than buy tickets from Birmingham to Brighton. We should be encouraging people to use green transport not pricing them out.
Trevor Turner, MiddlesbroughBring back our once-thriving Great British Railways. This is what our great nation is good at. After all we were the pioneers of the finest rail network in the world.
Imrul Hossain, WatfordWe should never have sold our public transport to the private sector. It was the worst idea by any government. Be smart and bring it back.
Susan Homer, Stockton-on-TeesBritish Rail was wonderful, not perfect but wonderful. Now prices are too expensive for me to use even with a disabled rail card. Please go back to British Rail.
Alan Higgins, AberdeenEast Coast showed good profits, yet ScotRail being handed to Abellio in April. Scotland needs trains suitable for time/distance travelled, not suburban ones.
Matthew Jason Brown, CleethorpesBritish Rail was a fine institution. With the issues over high ticket prices and a rail network needing investment, the only way forward is to re-nationalise the industry.
Stef Thelwell, CambridgeService can be awful but it’s the unconnected, pathetic customer service that is appalling. One service, one way.
Peter Van-Stratten, CardiffJust bring back BR. It was so much nicer and easier to deal with and, being state-owned, you knew where you were.
Maureen Parnell, EdinburghPlease re-nationalise all the other railways and keep the East Coast public. The evidence is clear. It is so much better than the others.
Martin Siedek, LondonI travel every day using Southern. They have been making my travel a misery for the last year and it’s getting worse by the day. It’s outrageous what they make people go through.