Robin Holden, Chipping NortonBetter a public than a private monopoly.
Brian Blackett, CramlingtonPlease let us end the fat cats railway.
Jeanette Harold, ConsettNational transport should belong to the nation.
Alexander Cruisey, BrightonMake it happen.
Paul Quadros, NottinghamNo HS2 though, please.
Rex Birchenough, PeterboroughEast Coast has been run very successfully for the last few years under national control. Why change it?
Kathleen Napier, PrestonBring back trains where seats are available in ordinary class and not just for 1st Class passengers. 1st Class carriages are half empty whilst the others stand for miles.
Hampton Family, Westgate-on-SeaI agree that we should re-nationalise the railways and make them more affordable.
Simon Pawelko, LlanelliI am a firm believer in Bring back British Rail – one railway, one train operator, one company.
Rachel Parsons, LeicesterPeople not profit.
Evelyn Welsh, PrestwickPrivatisation has been an absolute disaster. It’s time to run the railways for people, not profits for a few. I am embarrassed when I go abroad and see their railway systems.
Meg Clements, Newton AbbotRailways should be for the benefit of everyone not just for shareholders. It isn’t meant to be a private profit-making enterprise.
Ian Gaynor-Kirk, FalkirkI note the escalating subsidy and fares post privatisation. It was a bad idea and did not introduce true competition. East Coast is actually paying money to the Treasury.
Ray Butler, ManchesterHow much improvement in services could have been funded by the wasteful franchise process?
Dave Robinson, Colwall, HerefordshireBR should never have been privatised! This was an error by stupid, greedy, ill informed tory politicians.
Shirley Cameron, SheffieldTrains are too expensive and too crowded.
Natalie Morton, LeedsIt really should be a national service that is not for private profit.
David Burn, YorkOf course we should bring back British Rail. It’s common sense.
Tessa Gordziejko, Hebden BridgeThe privatisation experiment has failed. Rail transport is an integrated service essential to the economy and needs public ownership.
Rita Stroud, IpswichSome of us are old enough to remember the railways used to run a lot better than they do now, and it was affordable for everyone. We need to take it back.
Jack Heywood, HarrogateOur rail services are an embarrassment when compared to those of our fellow European nations. We owe it to ourselves to sort it out.
Brenda Topley, LeedsWhy privatise something which is making a profit and doing the job well?
Mahsa Avadi, LeedsSlow, bad service, overcrammed carriages make it worthwhile for my husband and me to live in separate cities and keep our sanity. Nationalise railways and improve system.
Darren Balshaw, Potters BarPublic services not for profit.
Roy Whittles, HuddersfieldWhy should we pay subsidies to these companies in order that they can make a profit?
Robbie Porter, EdinburghPlease.
John Dalby, Leigh-on-SeaIt was the worst decision ever to privatise railways, just to make money for the few while giving passengers the worst service.
Paul Thacker, NewportBritish Rail is best!
Martin Alcock, Stoke-on-Trent.At least Ronnie Biggs wore a balaclava.
Toby Starr, CrawleyPlease keep our rail network British and invest.