A Motta, LondonThese prices do not relate to the terrible service we are receiving.
Paul Herwin, Canterbury£250 Ashford to Birmingham peak. Cheaper to go day before off-peak advance and get hotel. £100 in fact so extra money going to hotel not railway.
Sophia Behn, WorthingI have travelled on the (now Southern) route for 18 years and the way it is now is awful. No toilets or heating, rude staff, constant delays and cancellations.
Neil Beecham, LeedsWho ever thought privatisation was a good idea in the first place? Profits for shareholders usually mean corners cut in the service.
William Armstrong, LondonServices before profit required.
Sally Weston, WarehamBring back our railway.
Catherine Leach, BirminghamDecent transport and good service for everyone, not profit for the few is essential for a decent society.
Ben Millis, LondonWe were passengers, then we were customers, now we are parasites. Nationalisation is progress.
Gerard Brady, MotherwellAs a frequent rail traveller throughout the UK, I’m in favour of re-nationalising British Rail. Fares are too expensive and the fare structure too complicated.
Trevor Barham, LondonI’m old enough to remember when it was that way and better. We need a service to serve us.
Mike Kelley, DerbyPrivatisation is a disaster.
John Leyland, WiganTrain travel has become a ridiculously expensive, uncomfortable and unpleasant experience. It wasn’t always so. I support the return of British Rail.
Andrew Webb, LondonCurrent arrangements are inefficient and over-complicated. There are better ways to spend government subsidy.
John Hurley, GloucestershireI am fed up with stupid pricing and restrictive tickets, which just line the pockets of transport conglomerates like Arriva.
Kieranne Page, LondonPrivatising the national rail network was the worst possible thing that could have happened to our national transport system. Bring back public control, not big corporations.
Martyn Andrews, TorquayToo many different fares. Railways should belong to the state, never to private companies.
Chris Williams, BromleyProfit before service has gone on for too long.
Billy Seasman, LiverpoolNeeds to be re-nationalised.
Paul Simonite, WickBR was best.
Matt Hoban, ThirskRailway travel should be a public service/right but it would seem our native rail travel is completely profit-driven, which is criminal.
Duncan Stone, Hebden BridgeBring it back.
Wendy Bennett, WallaseyBecause it will work better.
Richard Treloar, PortsmouthI’ve just travelled back from Germany and I am clearly envious of their equivalent of BR. If they can do it, then we can do the same.
Ailsa Swarbrick, LeedsWhy sell off East Coast when it’s performing better than all the others? The railways should be taken back into public ownership as their contracts expire.
Ian Gaynor-Kirk, FalkirkI note the escalating subsidy and fares post privatisation. It was a bad idea and did not introduce true competition. East Coast is actually paying money to the Treasury.
Russell Wilson, DerbyIt should be publicly owned.
Robert Cartwright, AltonThe figures speak for themselves..
Sheila Amies-Byron, PaigntonWe need to have British Rail returned to public ownership as soon as possible.
Sean-Patrick O’Hanrahan, CambridgeBring back British Rail.
Natasha Thomas, HaverfordwestI don’t use the train very often but when I do, travelling from West Wales is calamitous at best. Re-nationalisation is a total no-brainer.