Paul Allsopp, Builth WellsThis service is strategic and integral to the efficient running of the country. It should be owned by taxpayers not shareholders.
Alex England, LlanidloesIt would be a vote-winner, and wouldn’t cost money. It looks like it would be a net income. There are not enough reasons not to.
Ian Greenhalgh, EdinburghThe banks and government are screwing us out of every last penny on every level.
Colette Merkelt, FlitwickKeep services for the people public.
Kassra Yazdani, LancasterFirst class carriages may as well all be standard class, especially when you don’t get everything advertised.
Joyce Wood, NorthamptonWe should re-nationalise all our sold-off utilities. No-one asked us for permission.
Sean Armstrong, LondonHaving lived and travelled in mainland Europe, I now know we have the worst and worst value trains. It needs to change.
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.
Steve Jackson, WellingPlease bring back British Rail and get rid of South Eastern Trains.
Billy Perrin, CamborneAbout time.
Sarah Sayers, WorthingPeople not profit.
Ben Hooke, NorwichAnd while you’re at it, please bring back trains with windows you can open, not air-con, so we can really enjoy the journeys breathing fresh air.
Jimmy Barrie, AberdeenWhy can’t these damned politicians see that we are being ripped off ? Nationalisation now.
William Thompson, Burnham-on-SeaNationalise the railways or lose the next election.
Kate Gunn, Tyne and WearStop wasting the taxpayers’ cash and bring back British Rail. If you don’t then the taxpayer should receive the money back that the government has wasted.
Hitendra Patel, SurbitonPlease bring back the railways under state ownership.
Mark Foster, LondonSimply Bring back British Rail and end all these scam companies that are only interested in lining their own pockets.
Peter Gearing, EdenbridgeI’m fed up with poor service and news that shareholders get paid huge dividends.
Judith Reynolds, SheffieldWe are subsidising private railways for private profit. Let’s re-nationalise for public benefit.
Neil Hunter, BrighousePrivatisation only works for shareholders and finances foreign railways.
Iain Macleod-Brudenell, NottinghamI support the re-formation of British Rail. The current un-unified service has caused me numerous problems
Jan Van ‘T Zand, KiltarlityI knew British Rail from years ago and a lot has changed, not all for the better.
Sharon Roberts, ColchesterMy father, my granddad, my uncle, my ex-partner all worked on BR. How it has been run and maintained the past few years has been of great concern to me.
Pete Rose, BristolIf the primary aim of private companies is profit for shareholders, think how much we could invest in rail infrastructure if these were taken out of the equation.
Barry Cook, BarnsleyGive us back our railways.
Lorraine Bond, DunstableIt was the best in the world. Never mind shareholders. Give it back to the public.
Aaron o’Sullivan, GlenarmAs a young person who never experienced British Rail, I see it as a really positive thing for the country and would love to see it’s reestablishment.
Stephen O’Neill, LiverpoolI am old enough to remember the propaganda about state subsidies to inefficient nationalised industries. Now those subsidies have tripled under privatisation.
Paul Jones, Worcester ParkTimes have changed. Publicly-run lines have proved successful and profitable. This is almost too obviously the way forward.