Ben Stratton-Woodward, LondonThe movement and travel of the regular person is tantamount to true freedom. No matter where to or when a man should be able to travel for love, trade, family or a favour.
Louis Boyce, Kingston-upon-ThamesOnce upon a time we, the common people of the UK, did own BR. Then we gave it away to the rich kids to play with.
John Heath, ScunthorpeRail transport is a mess in this country.
James Register, LondonGood luck.
Paul Hutchins, ExeterStriving to make Britain Great again.
Anne Lawrie, WellingboroughPrivate companies shouldn’t be profiting from public services.
Roy Spearman, RedhillThe old British railway was not as bad as the governments of that time make out. They lied. Make them look like railway people by bringing the old uniforms back..
Chris Straiton, BrightonPlease return the profits back into the railways and not the pockets of others.
Aaron M, East SussexTicket prices have ballooned since privatisation, as every player in the rail industry whacks up the profit margins.
Lawrence Hanney, BudeRe-open as many as possible of the lines and stations erroneously closed by Beeching.
John Lee, TauntonRailways are an essential part of an integrated transport system and should be owned and run by the country, for the country.
Phil Owens, LiverpoolPrivatisation has been a ridiculously costly experiment. Everything on the railway now costs multiples of its value due to profits for long chains of contractors.
Loretta Pattison, StreetLet’s have one form of transport in this country run properly please.
Gordon Hay, SandiacreAre our trains better or cheaper now? Not at all. The pricing policy is a joke.
John Goosetree, SpaldingGet all railway out of hands of greedy stockholders.
Alison Gibney, St AlbansWe need continuous long-term investment in our rail services and the only way to achieve that is through public ownership.
Janet Mobbs, StockportThe railways are too important to our economy to be run on market forces. They should be there to deliver a service, not to make private profit.
Marianne Gaskell, WirralI can’t afford days out with my children on the train any more. They’re late, there’s not enough staff and never enough seats. Profits should benefit the country not shareholders.
Mary Watson, LondonI am sick of public money subsidising private companies and shareholders. Give it back to us – we paid for it after all!
Stuart Terry, PeterboroughFor passengers not profiteers!
Sue O’Connell, LeighThe national railways ought to belong to everyone in the country and not be just for the benefit of the shareholders.
Vivian Jenkins, DundeeWhat a mess this enterprise has been. It needs to be sorted now.
David Turner, Hemel HempsteadAll rail networks should be owned by the people, and not run for private profit
Christopher Thomson, ChelmsfordThe prices are beyond a joke. An end to privatised railway services must come.
Val Canning, LondonWe need British Rail back.
Matt Hessing, IlfracombeBring back British Rail.
Irina Ozerkina, LondonDeliver good and affordable service so that everyone could benefit.
David McintoshIt will cost us far more in the long term to continue to allow greedy private companies to run the network that we use everyday.
Tony McIlwrick, MoffatJust do it.
Monique Van Beek, CambridgeAn absolute disgrace – the expense, the bad service, the delays, the uncertainty. I say, nationalise the lot. It can’t possibly get any worse.