John Atkin, HarlechArriva trains are heavily subsidised and too expensve to use. Nationalise now.
Marie Hughes, SouthwellAs a regular user of the East Coast line, I fervently want the line to remain in public hands.
Aaron Donaldson, Haywards Heath£5000 for a rail ticket that gets me in late every morning. No seat and I have to stand for an hour every day. Fares just keep going up. This can’t be right.
Honor Melissa Hieatt, ColchesterBring back British Rail.
Alison Harris, PontefractRailways and other forms of public transport should be subsidised by the state for the benefit of the users and employees and not for shareholders in private companies.
Pat McCarthy, ClevelandTransport for people and environment, not for profit.
Karen Chambers, EdinburghNo public services like this should benefit shareholders rather than users.
Michelle Nailor, BasingstokeFares are too dear and rolling stock poor and not enough carriages. People have to stand. If fares were cheaper people would use trains more. I know I would.
Maggie Black, Staines-upon-ThamesRemember how much better it all was before privatisation.
Gary Linney, YorkBetter for all. British Rail must be put back into public ownership.
Chris Romberg, ShrewsburyBritain needs a unified rail network that serves everybody, not a fragmented, inefficient and over-priced system serving its rich owners and self-interested politicians.
Aubrey Brazier, DraycottI’m ex BR retired. Stop HS2 in the process. It was planned by people who can only draw straight lines.
Gary Sell, DarlingtonIt should be a transport system, not a profit organisation for a few cowboy bus operators.
Shaun Pye, LeedsThen maybe we can get back to fixed fares for each route.
Simon Barlow, CheltenhamBetter rail travel is integral to economic growth and reducing the impact on the environment. Only publicly owned, publicly run will achieve this, not a profit-led company.
Hugo Rogers, NewburyYes, but we need more lines re-opened (and not HS2) to create more capacity.
Amanda Hunter, Grange-over-SandsPrivatisation has done absolutely nothing for rail passengers, other than constantly increase fares.
Darrell Brady, WellingboroughAnd give Liverpool a high speed link.
Jim McGinley, HoylakeRail privatisation has produced an overpriced, dysfunctional mess. The only way forward is public ownership of the whole network as the East Coast line shows.
Paul Brookes, WalsallNot for profit.
Luke Heanue, LondonNo to the privatisation of public profits. No to the subsidy of private companies. No to increased fares. No to inefficient private sector maintenance contracts.
Neil Pritchard, St. HelensNorthern Rail are the pits. For goodness’ sake, give our railways back to the people of Britain.
Michael Harvey, East GrinsteadPrivate companies never have the service at the top of priorities. It’s profits that rule. The divide grows.
Chris Yong, St AlbansRailways for the benefit of people and the country, not for private profit.
Darrell Hart, CroydonTrains are for the rich only now. They’ve priced me into car journeys only as it’s cheaper.
Kayla Ente, BrightonChris Grayling has now conceded that the trains and the tracks need to be operated by the same entity. Therefore, nationalisation is now imperative.
Daniel Wright, SwindonThat’s it. You have me on board. The wife is popping across to Bristol this weekend and a return is £19. That’s a 20 min journey to the next station on the line.
Peter Fletcher, Naestved, DenmarkAs BR for a time in the late 80’s we had the most efficient railway in the world.
Sue Fairweather, DanburyTake a leaf out of the East Coast mainline’s book, taken back into public hands successfully.
Peter Earl, LewesPrivatisation has been a failure, destroying the nation’s public transport and placing considerable additional costs on all users.