G R Parker, TadcasterWhat’s good enough for East Coast and most of Europe should be good enough for the UK.
Courtney Williams, AngleseyI travel on a bus for two to three hours extra to go to university and back as the trains are too expensive. It saves me about £26 per week.
Robert Jones, BedfordEverything was so much better under British Rail. You didn’t need to know which train operating company you had to use because it was all British Rail.
Roy Gasson, HorncastleReverse the disaster of privatisation.
Alan George, YorkHow can we stop the new East Coast franchise?
Guy M, Great MissendenTrain prices are a rip-off. It takes me working two days to pay off a week’s worth of train travel to London and parking. What an absolute joke.
Stewart Bramman, DoncasterThe railways are farcical. Stop this fragmented system and bring back common sense.
Matthew Loughlin, KempstonThe current system is not fit-for-purpose. It simply cannot continue. The government need to be bold and take control, for the sake of the people.
Kevin White, HaverfordwestBring back British Rail, a transport system for the people not the rich.
Tom Pitman, CardiffThe service is run for private profit. The transport system is vital for environmental purposes as well as the needs of the public.
Colin Foxton, NorthallertonAnd the bacon sandwiches!
Paul Bemrose, BrightonI use the trains every day. I’m sick of greedy private sector companies cheating travellers with constant overpriced and poor services.
Andrew Robertson, LondonPrivatisation is not working. It’s cost us billions and then we have to pay through the nose for tickets too.
Laurie Lomas, RochesterIt is time to end the rail privatisation rip-off.
Tony Armstrong, DoncasterYou just have to look at the money these CEOs of TOCs pay themselves and the countries that the profits go back to just to see that private ownership is not the best.
Carole Jones, Wakefieldwe need a joined-up system, not one where everybody blames everybody else. We must be the laughing stock of other countries.
Justin Griffiths, GosfieldPut an end to greedy private companies fleecing passengers for profits.
Steven Wilson, HaltwhistleBring back British Rail.
Emma Hock, WakefieldThere is no way in which privatisation of the rail system was a good thing. The demand for profits has led to a service lean on customer service and adequate provision.
Andrew Gammage, SkegnessOur trains are a joke – dirty, smelly, uncomfortable and noisy. The first train on a Sunday is 12.30, so can’t get anywhere in time to get back.
Geoff Weaver, KnightonService provided by Arriva Trains Wales on Central Wales line is poor, and condition of stock even worse. No toilet available on a 3 hour journey from Swansea.
Nicholas Hewes, SkiptonRe-unify our railway system so that it can once again serve everybody, rather than just boost the profits of the rich.
Suzy Davies, CrawleyBoth of my grandfathers were steam engine drivers. They would be incensed to see the profiteering free-for-all of today’s railways. Re-nationalise now.
Jonathan Ellison, CheltenhamNational public transport should be run for the public by the government and not by profit incentivised commercial companies.
Dennis Archer, ArnoldBritish Rail first then the utilities.
Mark Smith, LeicesterPrivatisation has not worked. Re-nationalise all essential industries (not only BR but all energy companies and local transport companies too).
Kyle Amps, BirminghamThe monopoly the train companies have over the lines we have no choice but to use is disgraceful and should not be tolerated
Richard Hanks, SheffieldPeople before profit!
Sheepa Ahmed, LondonThey are ripping us off.
Nick Green, BrightonAbout time. Let’s go for it.