Paul Nelson, LondonThe London train system desperately needs improving.
Nathaniel Dodd, ChelmsfordRead ‘On the Wrong Line’ by Christian Wolmar. It’s right to Bring Back British Rail.
Frank Bainbridge, NorwichWouldn’t it be great if Government listened to sense? It’s not a free market, I can’t choose which train I take to work and private companies simply extract profit.
Paul Beard, Bovey TraceyIt’s about time there was a unified railway for the people once more.
Sebastian Hall, LondonOur train network is vastly inferior to that of any other major European country, and is an embarrassment.
Chris Sullivan, DartfordTrains are delayed every day and we are just supposed to accept it. At work I get 10 minutes to not be classed as late but a train has to be 30 minutes late for a refund.
Daphne Gilbert, StocksfieldThe only way to control prices is for profits for the railways themselves, not foreign shareholders.
Joyce Burley, HullPrivatisation hasn’t worked for the customers. It’s ripped us all off completely. Privatisation hasn’t worked.
Dave Shepherdson, Newcastle-upon-TyneI’m fed up with Northern Rail shoddy carriages.
Juliet Wilson, EdinburghWe need affordable, interconnected, environmentally friendly rail services.
Jason Fisher, StevenageThe railways should be owned by the people and run for the people.
Dominic McCabe, PooleThe SNCF is superb but put together in such a way that it cannot be used as a political pawn and underfunded.
Kathleen A Hancox, RuncornWe need a reliable, affordable train service. My husband commutes to Manchester, my daughter is going to university in Huddersfield and my eldest lives in Sheffield.
Lockhart Murdoch, LondonCash for railways not for profits and shareholders and fat cat directors. We know it makes sense, why doesn’t our government?
Richard Church, LondonGet rid of the fragmented, inefficient and unsafe privatised railway system.
Howard Badder, NottinghamGet it done.
Justin Smith, PlymouthWe need a railway that is a public service, not a profit-making business with expensive fares that is made possible by considerable injections of cash from taxpayers.
Jeannine Cooper, BingleyIt simply makes sense.
Peter Temple, DerbyIt will cost more next year to travel by train from Sheffield to Exeter to visit my girlfriend, than it does at the moment for me to fly home from Germany. Ridiculous.
Jamie Wilson, CamberleyIt’s time to put efficiency, cost effectiveness and punctuality ahead of corporations’ profits. Nationalisation isn’t socialist rubbish, it’s in the nation’s interests.
Lisa Gillott, WalesBritish Rail was a national institution. It should be brought back. If the people want it they should get it, and Parliament should do what we want.
Tim Evans, CamborneIt seems that it is OK for a government enterprise to own our railway, so long as it is German or French.
Malcolm Wallace, ChelmsfordSpread the word. Make sure that, when we win, the public and employees are fully engaged in the new framework.
Jo Humphrey, DarlingtonWhy on earth should it be half the price of the cheapest advance train ticket to drive by car to my destination? Petrol should be taxed and the money used for trains.
Jimmy Barrie, AberdeenWhy can’t these damned politicians see that we are being ripped off ? Nationalisation now.
Jerome Tillotson, St AlbansThis experiment didn’t work.
Mark Ransley, West MallingYou should not be able to publicise a service which many of us have no choice but to use. It’s just wrong.
Angus Brown, EdinburghRe-nationalise British Rail!
Sylvia Coles, NottinghamAll essential services should be nationalised. That’s rail, water, energy, post office, and schools under local authority control.
Jon Hassall, CreweI started on the RTS back in 1989, then was a guard and was made a driver in 1996. BR days were so much better than today’s railways.