Emily Ormerod, OxfordRe-nationalise British Rail and re-connect with the bus timetable so that people can plan an entire journey as we used to.
Tommy Geddes, LiverpoolThe private system is shockingly badly run. We need a government to run it without greedy eyes on profit.
Karl Madert, LondonFor the taxpayer not the shareholder.
Derek Haggar, LewesFor crying out loud, someone sort this country’s rail network out. We’re way behind Europe. It’s embarrassing.
Douglas Cook, PenzanceTransport is the business of us all and should not have been stolen for the sole benefit of shareholders.
Anthony Kelly, DerbyPut public service before shareholders’ profit.
Hazel Edwards, Barrow-in-FurnessBring back efficiency.
Ellen Ball, SunderlandVirgin is far too expensive for the working class.
Dean Reeves, WisbechWe need a green transport policy which meets the needs of people and business first. Railways cannot be run as a competition. They will only succeed as a strategic resource.
Audaye Elesedy, ExeterSo much of the South West is isolated from rail, meaning that a huge proportion of our 3.5 million people are forced into the car. Public infrastructure can resolve this.
Mike Taylor, YorkGiven the funding it works. Why should shareholders cream off profits?
Beth Neale, WarminsterBring it back.
Mark Flack, HolyheadRebalancing is desperately needed. Let’s start with our railway system.
Tanya Levy, LondonJust common sense and not greed.
Graham Howard, LondonBritain’s passenger railway network should be re-nationalised and run for us, not for profiteers.
Sheila Francis, DoncasterThe break-up of the railway system has been catastrophic. Bring it back into public ownership so it can serve its customers not the greed of investors.
Michael Dawson, South ShieldsLike all things that work better as a monopoly, it should be under common ownership.
Douglas Arnold, WashingtonEast Coast is making money and they want to sell it off. It may finish up in foreign hands with our money going abroad, We need a joined-up railway system.
Simon Kingston, WolverhamptonWe need rail travel to be cheaper than going by car. That would be true step forward.
Iain Fergus, GlasgowDaily commuter – twenty rail trips a week.
Polly Thomas, SheernessIf there’s more than one travelling it’s cheaper by car.
Andy Moore, PenzanceListen to the public. This has gone on for long enough.
Chris Schiele, ManchesterNorthern Rail needs to go. Levenshulme commute doesn’t work. The 08:11 is a myth.
Allan Jones, ElginThey should never have been privatised. The government conspired to make them look unprofitable at the time and also at the time of Beeching.
Tess Farley, YorkIt costs me at least £150 to go home to Devon from York, and often I can’t get a seat and have nowhere safe to store my luggage.
Tom Casserly, ReadingNo competition, frequent delays, dangerously overcrowded trains, overpriced fares. Who’s benefiting from privatised rails? Shareholders!
John Reed, TotnesBritish Rail should be state owned.
Paul Rum, HoveWe need a subsidised system of travel to help get us to work – not delay and tax us.
Andrew Wetherall, Ashford, MiddlesexSet train fares at pence per mile. National railcard will bring a third off the price of the journey.
Maxwell Lawrence, RedhillThe train service needs to be unified and run for the people not for private profit. I’m fed up with the varied levels of service between train companies.