Justin Hill, ChesterThe current service is terrible, unreliable and expensive!
Martin Dawson, EdinburghBring back British Rail to give the customers a better deal.
John Hastie, PrestonI worked for British Rail from 1976. I’m still working in the industry and it’s a wasteful disjointed shambles.
Susan Pethybridge, Newcastle-upon-TyneA modern unified rail service is essential for now and the future, both environmentally and socially.
Stuart Grant, LondonJohn Major stole the railways and sold them to his friends. It’s time to take back our railway.
Matthew Tyrer-Garner, LiverpoolBR Blue is my favourite livery, along with NSE.
Dave Crowe, CreditonThis was a fatuous privatisation driven by greed and ideology (aren’t they all?) not public service and a sense of community.
Malcolm Cobden, WorthingPlease, for the sake of everyone bring back British Rail.
Jody Clark, GranthamKeeping the rail nationalised helps bring money in and provides better service. Privatisation doesn’t work. Capitalism only serves a few. Return to humanity.
Sergio Girardini, LondonPeople not profit.
Ray Hand, AbingdonThe rail system should be a service, not a money-making opportunity for investors.
Marion Grez, LondonNationalise the railways.
William Carter, WigtonTrains are always late and stupidly expensive. This has to change.
Robert Sellers, LondonThe government privatised the profit and nationalised the debt.
Samuel Vickers, BarnsleyBritish Rail – better service, better value, better values.
Steven Feven-Parsons, PlymouthI have wanted this for 27 years now.
Linden Stafford, ExeterRail privatisation was a bad idea when the Tories introduced it. It is now difficult to plan a long-distance journey and prices are exorbitant. Plan for need, not profit.
C C, LincolnBR was better than we have now, and affordable and reliable. It was fantastic. Bring back BR.
Richard Symonds, BroadstairsEast Coast is beating all the private companies. The best European networks are state-owned. Private rail is dear and dangerous.
Paul Blackwell, ThealeI’d like a rail system where I can afford and understand the tickets, not one where I make fat cats richer.
Kay Green, HastingsMy partner works for a railway company. I travel by train a lot. We both know from experience why we need our railways back in public hands.
Elisabeth Winkler, BristolThese are our trains and we need them. No one should be making vast profits at our expense. Also we need a unified network not a segmented one.
Robin Campbell, HitchinEast Coast proves it works in government ownership. It should never have been privatised.
Christopher Madden, LiverpoolRailways run for people not profit.
Ruth Rach, LewesStop these greedy, outrageous and callous private monopolies
Gary Dickson, SheffieldHow could anyone possibly have thought privatisation was a good idea?
Charles Batten, LondonBR belonged to the whole nation, a national asset belonging to all of us which was sold off by an inhumane government.
Steve Pearce, ThatchamTransport for the people. Allow us to travel safely and cheaply. Bring people back to quality coaches and infrastructure.
Rod Stapley, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe public sector is the only credible and efficient owner of East Coast mainline since privatisation was forced on the system.
Sebastian Hart, IpswichI’m a student and it’s so expensive to get home to see my family.