Roy Eyley, FarnsfieldAbout time too.
Tom McKeown, BirkenheadWithout the good infrastructure left by BR, the railways would be crippled by now.
Lorentz Bloom, LeedsRather than making the service more expensive and worse, make service better and cheaper. The only agenda of the company should be cheap and fair travel.
Christopher Evans, Byton HandA unified railway system is the only way. Bring back the branch lines too.
David Muir, GlastonburyI fully support the desire to bring back an international network serving Scotland and Wales and England, especially in Scotland.
R E Kenner, OxfordInvestment by central government for a national asset to enhance the infrastructure is the best way out of this mess.
Patrick Hilley, KeighleyGreat idea, about time.
Nicholas Darsley, LondonThe rail system should be for the benefit of travellers, not for private profit.
Peter Wormald, KnaresboroughTrain services used to ‘connect’. Since privatisation came in ‘connecting’ has become a chance event.
Martin Rayfield, PrestonI’m fed up with rich bosses. Let the people have the railways back.
Anthony Phillips, LeedsThe East Coast mainline is making a profit and shows that public ownership can work for the benefit of the people.
Susi Harris, Hebden BridgeI commute to work on trains three days a week. The carriages are too short and trains regularly cancelled. Surely we can do better.
David Dowker, BradfordRail is a service, not a profit source for the rich.
Ian Groombridge, FromePrivatisation of the railway hasn’t worked. Re-nationalise it now.
Mickey Rooney, GrimsbyLet us end the current rip-off system. Run the railways as a service, not as a way for parasites to make money.
Christopher O’Maley, South NorwoodBritish Rail needs fixing as a nationalised venture, not drained for profit and shareholders.
Tom Fraser, EdinburghPrivatisation has meant a worse, more expensive service, in prettier uniforms, with less pay for the workforce while a few directors pocket enormous sums.
Robin Lowther, Newcastle-upon-TynePrivatisation has been an unmitigated disaster. Re-nationalise the railway system now.
Kenneth O’Connell, FalmouthI love the railways, so please return it to the people out of the hands of the profiteers.
Sue Mason-Green, BedfordThis should be for the people, and non profit making.
Will Britain, Sutton BengerMy name is Britain and I still hate this sodding country.
Geraldine Joshi, KirkcudbrightBring back British Rail, electricity and gas. No more extortion.
Pete Fox, BrightonPlease bring back British Rail.
Mesut Kesen, LondonCurrent railways are a mess and confusing.
Nathan Cunningham, NorwichStop crippling your own workforce by making it more difficult and expensive to get to work.
Marcus Turley, LondonGet rid of the daylight robbers.
Peter Hammerton, SheffieldBritish Rail – more efficient, more cost effective, no profiteering.
Guy Foster, PickeringBR worked and worked well. Stations would help each other rather than compete.
Rod Stephens, WareHow can it be that when the Government has all the best possible resources in the country available, it still pretends that it is better to privatise everything?
Douglas Coutts, NottinghamBritish Rail, British Coal, British Steel. Britain works only for the nation when its jewels belong to the nation, not to private shareholders.