Raymond Batchelor, ShildonBring back BR and let’s get rid of these MPs that are ruining this country. Privatisation doesn’t work and never will.
Leslie Holder, ReadingMy late father worked for BR and Rail Track and always moaned about how bad things had got after the take over, about penny-pinching mend-and-make-do and poor management.
Paul Hebden, LeedsThe current railways are terrifying.
Alison Webster, BanwellWe used to own the whole network, until it was stolen by the Tories and sold.
Jean Wilson, BradfordWe need a not-for-profit rail network. East Coast has succeeded since being taken out of failing private hands. Bonuses and payments to shareholders put the prices up.
Steve Summers, Henley-on-ThamesIt’s shocking that what should be a public service for us all now simply lines foreigners’ pockets. A national disgrace.
John Wilkinson, LondonAmerica is a mess. Let’s not turn into America. Trains made Britain great.
Paul BrightA reliable railway network should connect people in local towns and villages so they longer need expensive petrol driven cars.
Paul Adkins, FleetRailways are an essential service and should be run as a not-for-profit organisation with prices set by the government.
Catol Kirkman, HoveUnreliable service is ruining the quality of my family life. To consistently have trains from Victoria to Hove cancelled is appalling.
Andy Butler, NorthallertonVia subsidies, the rail companies are partly nationalised already – the East Coast mainline proves how it can be done properly.
Lynne Norker, NottinghamI can’t afford train travel as it’s too expensive. Please bring back affordable travel run by the state.
David And Sonia Crow, BedfordRail travel should return to being owned by the people of the UK.
Jonathan Evans, LlanelliThis campaign really matters. Bring back a nationally funded and controlled network now – and investment which benefits us all, and the environment too.
Della White, LondonI don’t suppose any proposed buyers of Eurostar are British. That’s disgraceful.
Sheila Lovelady, EasthamWorst things to happen, first that wretch Beeching then privatisation. A good thing is to restore it to what it was.
Chris Tucker, BristolNationalised services for the common good should be preferred over shareholder profit for the privileged few.
Ashley Mack, TorbayBring back British control.
Dan Hennessy, MeophamStop subsidising European rail services that are far superior to ours.
Chris Martin, WorcestershireA unified railway, with a much simplified fares structure, would be the best thing that could happen to this country.
Donna Johnson, BournemouthOur grandparents laid the foundations for the railway so it belongs to the people and we want it back.
Kay Turberville, LowestoftIf foreign state railways can make a profit out of our railways, why can’t our state?
Peter Robinson, DerbyIt is necessary to have a cheap and efficient public transport system (including railways) if we are going to combat climate change.
Guy Amedro, GorebridgePrivatisation has failed to save money for the public purse or the travelling public. All it has provided is lots of expensive liveries. We need to re-nationalise now.
Dave Kavanagh, WokingEvery private railway has demonstrated their total inability to serve the nation. We cannot rely on the profiteering tendencies of private business.
Brian Adamson, Newcastle-upon-TyneI want it to be kept as British Railways.
Richard Waltereit, Whitley BayMany of the private rail companies are foreign national rail networks, so it would better be one British Rail.
Ken Horn, SwadlincoteThe deterioration in the rail network since privatisation has been awful. Profit is all they care about and the paying public don’t matter.
Robert Hastings, PerthIt should never have been sold off. East Coast shows how it can be run for the benefit of all.
Julie Woodley, HorshamWithout someone to answer to, privatised companies can walk all over the British public, providing far less for more. It’s time to stop this ludicrous demise of our railway.