Stop this scam and bring back British Rail.

Fraser Healey, Brighton

I just found you today. I want it back in public ownership too, wishing you all the best.

Keith Green, London

Britain should have a unified transport system that is affordable to all.

Bruce Tasker, Cupar

Passengers before profit should be the mantra and is key to an integrated transport network.

Tim Pinkney, Morpeth

A national railway owned and operated by the nation for the nation in the interests of the nation has to be one of the most important publicly owned strategic assets.

William Edwards, Darlington

Let’s go back to the time when we knew what we were going to pay for a trip well in advance and the service was reliable.

Cynthia Roushorn, York

GNER, National Express and now Virgin Trains have ripped off customers on the East Coast Mainline, a service that was profitable and functioning fine until it was sold again.

Jon Veal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Lying thieves at the train operating companies, extorting enormous profits from taxpayers whilst running third world services. It is a scandal.

Thomas McAnea, London

We are sick to death of the line ‘That is another company’.

Birgit Cunningham, London

Let’s bring sense back at last.

Sheila Lovett, Newton Abbot

Privatisation has failed the passengers and serves only the shareholders of the rail companies. Re-nationalised and run efficiently East Coast line shows public success.

Simon Bell, Torpoint

Fares going up and service going down.

Michael Deacon, Hemel Hempstead

Why must everything British be privatised or sold to other nations?

Noelle Berney, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

I support the re-nationalisation of railways as an intelligent transport policy.

Joan Young, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Bring service industries back to their natural home – the public sector.

Mike Campbell, Durham

Re-nationalisation is the answer to the blatant greed of the private rail operators.

Alan Ridgley, London

In the 1980s British Rail had about 5 managers on high CEO salaries. The private railways now have 150.

Jacob Rothman, Llandrindod Wells

It used to work, not perfectly, but far better, and cheaper than the current mess.

Jo Winship, Hull

Why sell off our country’s infrastructure?

Adrian Barker, Paisley

People not profit.

James Kirkpatrick, Portsmouth

I work on the railway as a train cleaner and I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard customers complain about the price of train fares.

Ian Wallace, Leicester

Restore our national rail.

Jus Sargeant, Middlesbrough

There are some important services which should be just that – not business, e.g. NHS, transport infrastructure. Reverse Tory privatisations.

Elizabeth Burling, London

I totally agree with you. Bring back British Rail and dismantle Southern Railway. I am a regular commuter on the West Coast way and it is a disgraceful line.

Daniel De Conceicao Silva, Worthing

No more messing about with different fares and different companies.

Alan Pope, Peterborough

As a ex BR worker I would like BR to come back as I would like to work for BR again.

Jim Pratt, Edinburgh

Time we had BR back. In fact, time we had all utilities back.

Margaret Walters, Halifax

I want rail transport run for its users. We can’t go back to the under-investment of the BR era, and the current arrangements are unsustainable. A new paradigm is needed.

John Tidy, London

I’m fed up with having to get a train 30 minutes earlier than I should have to just to get to work on time.

Brenda Smith, London

Privatisation of rail services has failed. We have a disjointed expensive system. The East Coast line proves that as a publicly run service the rail system can work.

Augustin Belza, Great Gonerby