Paul Shuker, LondonOur railways cannot be removed because the Conservatives are in power. We need to do something about this.
Chris Lindon, SheffieldOur train services are appalling, woefully inadequate, always late, expensive and only increasing in cost year upon year. Trains are a necessity and should be re-nationalised.
Anthony Gaunt, NottinghamThe free market has failed.
Annie Thompson, PortsmouthStop the theft.
Thomas John Wheeler, DyfedRe-nationalise our railways now to stop the above inflation fare rises!
Lindsey March, Kings LangleyIn Italy. 9 euros gives me 5 hours of clean, modern, punctual rail travel. It is essential that we give people an affordable alternative to car travel to save the planet.
Rose Walsh, BristolIt just costs too much.
Alan Kerr, GlasgowSome rail fares here in Scotland are so expensive that two people could hire a car and drive for less. How can this help progress towards a low carbon future!
David Waterhouse, StockportThe railways should never have been privatised and should be taken back into public ownership.
James Peel, StockportI have the utter displeasure of suffering 10 Northern Rail journeys a week. Last week 9 out of 10 were late, and I never got a seat. It is an absolute disgrace.
Graham Finch, RyeThe Tories thought nationalised rail didn’t work. The French thought it did and bought into our railways. Re-nationalise British Rail so we all can profit.
Stewart Collinson, LincolnPublic transport, public transport.
Susan Steward, NorwichI’ll vote for the political party that promises to do this.
Nicola Sellars, ElyStandardised, cheaper fares and consistent services.
Nathan Baigent-West, LittlehamptonI’m fed up with Southern Rail delaying and cancelling trains, constantly making me late for work.
Claire Sheehan, BlackpoolAvanti West Coast are incompetent and not able to run the north west rail service.
John Murdy, Lytham St AnnesThey should never have been privatised. The railway has been in decline ever since.
Michael Gerard Joseph Flanagan, CorbyWe need it back.
Jack Wright, GlasgowLet’s end the profiteering.
Jayne Turner, CardiganThis lot would sell their own grannies.
Aidan Semmens, WoodbridgeThe British rail system must now be the shoddiest in Europe, and the most expensive. Of course it’s largely in national ownership – it’s just not our nation that owns it.
Thomas Burke, OldhamWhat gives this Coalition the right to sell off the Royal Mail against the wishes of the British people? I’m more than unconvinced. Stop this now.
Paul Ross, LetchworthPeople don’t want to see the true cost of privatisation. They have heads buried in the sand.
John Hamilton, EdinburghEssential core infrastructure and services should belong to, and run for, the public – not for profiteering.
Richard Bullard, SalisburyBritish Railways was, at the point of its passing, the most efficient in Europe if not the World. It is now one of the most expensive for taxpayers and passengers alike.
Ewan Blaikie, EdinburghBring British Rail back.
Lynda Bowen, TealbyI’m deeply saddened that East Coast has disappeared – such a regressive step.
T Matthews, ExeterNationalisation now. The people to own the railways.
Oscar Wallace, LiverpoolThe current situation is nonsensical except to those private profiteers who are running the railways at a sub-par standard. Bring back British Rail.