Kevin Wisbey, Bury St EdmundsThey are quite happy to delay passenger trains by late running freight. Once is unfortunate, twice coincidence and fifty times is downright incompetence.
Cathi Francis, BromleyJoined up systems please. We need the UK to function effectively and think long term.
N J T Lauro, WirralPrivatisation did nothing but put shareholders first and customers last. It always has done and always will do.
Mitch Harrison, BoltonBring back British Rail.
Steve Andrews, LincolnPrivatisation was a terrible failure for commuters and a great win for greedy investors.
Linda Urquhart, LoughboroughHow are these money-grabbing and subsidised services better than the old British Rail?
Lauren Hopkins, LondonI use the train frequently and am disheartened at the decreasing levels of quality of all journeys. We need to standardise the whole network as it is a disgrace.
Jason Warner, RaundsBring back British Rail. A unified railway is a good railway.
Helene Roberts, CardiffPublic transport should be affordable and not based on profit.
John Morris, ChathamThe return of British Rail will see profits repaid to the Chancellor, not to private shareholders.
Dean Williams, StevenageI support a unified, nationalised rail network for the UK, run as a public service, not for private shareholder profit.
Brian Wilkinson, HarrogateI think the East Coast should remain publicly owned as a means of comparing profit levels and costs while continuing to raise money for improving other public services.
Nizar Kazan, LausanneBring Back British Rail – from Switzerland.
Kieron Phillips, HartlepoolBritish Rail would benefit the whole country. As the BBC and the NHS are publicly owned, so should the rail service along with lots of other state services!
Anne Brodie, CowesAs an ex-commuter I can vouch for the outrageously bad state of trains and rail services, and the extortionate fares. We need change.
Adam Fekete, HarrogateTrains rock.
Lynda Callaghan, LiverpoolIt’s not just the railways, its also the utility companies as well.
Simon Iremonger, CambridgeDelay Attribution Board says it all…
Michael Armstrong, ThirskThe privatisation of BR was a politically motivated scorched earth policy. It provides very bad value for taxpayers and should be reversed.
Stuart Niblo, ExmouthBritish Rail.
Jon Waring, YorkI don’t want to bring back the British Rail as was – but a modern British Rail which puts quality, safety and comfort first, not profit. The current system is crap.
John Marshall, MorpethRail essential service is best and effective in public ownership.
Deb Long, LeedsMedia deception promoted a negative image of all nationalised services. Just like this government is trying to do with NHS now.
Krien Scarfe, RayleighI just hate the way I subsidise the European state-owned railways through their owning our train operating companies and keeping the profits.
Denzil Moran, NottinghamPrivatisation of a national service has been a disaster, particularly in health and safety terms. People died at Hatfield because of privatisation.
Lawrence Hanney, BudeRe-open as many as possible of the lines and stations erroneously closed by Beeching.
Graham Henderson, BordonRail fares should be going back into the infrastructure and not to shareholders and the bosses of the multiple companies make up our railway.
Clive West, BeckenhamThe national services of this country should be back in the public’s hands, fares should be agreed by the public and subsidies should not be going into corporate profits.
Anne Hayes, ChesterfieldHiking prices up is wrong and especially in view of the fiasco at Kings Cross Station this year. What a mess.
Richard Partridge, WellingboroughI fully support re-nationalisation – let’s get our railway back and improve it.