David Collins, Newcastle-upon-TyneIt is about time to take back what was taken away and have it returned to the people.
Dan Rees, SwanseaPoor, poor service.
Zach Elsbury, MelbourneThe rot must stop!
Isabel Shaw, CardiffI’ve been a commuter for over a decade and have witnessed cramped trains and steep fare rises. It is time for railways be re-nationalised.
Akshat Khare, LondonBritish Railwas truly the golden age of railways. Make railways accountable to the taxpayer, not the shareholder.
John Adkins, St AustellVote Labour and do it.
Darryl Redshaw, BriggHelp save the public money.
Mark Gregory, YeovilAnd we’re passengers, not customers.
Emily Sweetman, Potters BarCheaper fares, British owned, better living now.
Andre Gittens, WarringtonThe government only cares about money and profits – then people. When our railway was run by BR, the people were BR’s best friends, their number one priority.
Andrew Tappin, BristolI hate privatisation, especially when it’s on the railways.
Huw Sherlock, HerefordThis is long overdue. The franchise experiment has been an unmitigated failure and delivers only fat profits to unaccountable offshore corporations.
Roger Drion, DurhamAll services in the country should only be owned by the British people.
Chris Gilchrist, BristolEnd the charade of buck-passing and excessive fares.
Richard Keel, GlasgowThe theft that was their nationalisation continues to rob us daily. This must end.
Andy Fiore, WivenhoeWe need to get back public ownership of BR, with company bonuses back to the users.
James Parsons, PortsmouthThe rip-off is unbearable. The people’s needs should always come over the company profits. Bring back the national rail service.
Paul BrightA new great British Rail is central to the UK being suitable for international meetings at the heart of Europe.
Gary Hall, BrandonFar too much money is spent on a fragmented system and lining the pockets of the franchisees. Pound for pound, BR provided the best service at a much more reasonable cost.
Jordan Cuff, CorshamBring it back.
Mark Shaw, TwyfordThings have got worse since the government privatised BR. Now it’s more about profit than punctuality and safety.
Christopher Bell, HullIt is about time profiteering finished and the railway was put back to being a public service. Privatisation has shown it can work, now let’s have some fair play for us.
Dame Hyndman, Westcliff-on-SeaWhat a mess they made of our railways.
Rob Jell, SwindonIt’s high time that all services like these were returned to public control, giving a greater buying power, ensuring a much better service and price for customers.
Sheila Lamb, TewkesburyPrivatisation of the rail network has led to hugely increased fares and shoddy maintenance, as the only thing that matters to them is profit.
Peter Neal, RomfordBring back British Rail to keep fares down with profit going back into the railway and not to shareholders.
Laurie Lomas, RochesterIt is time to end the rail privatisation rip-off.
Cathie Thomson, ManchesterI used to be proud of our railways as were my uncles who were train drivers.
Terry Bennett, BirminghamPrivatising Britain’s railways was wrong. Train operating companies are interested in the shareholders and not the travelling public.