Lesley O’Hagan, BelfastAn integrated state-owned rail network is needed urgently. Privatised, fragmented ‘services’, run for profit are never safe or efficient. Look at history.
Nicholas Hughes, PlymouthI used to love travelling by rail. Now it’s an awful experience. But why is this not the case in the rest of Europe? One word – Privatisation.
Sylvia Swann, ScarboroughWe need a reliable economic system to take freight off the roads and provide affordable travel for passengers.
John Hyde, BasingstokeI nominate Richard Branson as the Headman.
Samuel Moini, Milton KeynesBring the ownership of British Railways into the hands of the people.
Reuben Puddy, CombertonIt’s a no-brainer. Sensible joined-up network.
Graham Elder, GillinghamLet’s put an end to fat profits for Southeastern Trains and a thin service for passengers.
Jason Slade, BrightonInvestment and improvement, not profit.
Andrew Moody, VerwoodThe UK requires a modern integrated and efficient railway which privatisation has failed to deliver. It should be re-nationalised without delay.
Simon Anthony, LondonPublic services should be run for public service not private profit.
Gwenno Dafydd Williams, CardiffRhaid inni fod fel rhannau o Ewrop sydd a thrennau rhad sydd wedi eu rheoli gan y llywodraeth. (We need to be more like parts of Europe which have cheap state-run trains.)
Tim Pickles, CardiffWhy did we ever privatise a fantastic national system? It doesn’t work.
Keith Smith, HuddersfieldKeep up the good work. I’m sorry I cannot help out with money, being a pensioner.
Terrance Dobbins, WirralOut of all the countries I’ve travelled to, trains are most expensive here. Constant delays, cancellations, charged extra in peak times. All for what?
Scott Moore, Walton-on-ThamesThe country needs this again. The railways are in an awful way. The current political class has an obsession with outsourcing. It doesn’t work. The state needs to intervene.
Graham Williams, SwindonOverpriced tickets and poor service.
Jack Coy, SheffieldWe deserve a proper, integrated railway system run for people not profit
Jonathan Coombe, Tenbury WellsThose of us old enough remember that things were far from perfect in the era of British Rail. However, things were simpler in those days without all these franchises.
Ian France, SheffieldOur railways are in chaos: expensive tickets seldom guarantee a seat; overcrowded, underinvested and in need of intensive care.
Roz Lucas, PenrynPut Michael Portillo in charge of British Rail. He must be independent of any political party, like the Queen.
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.
Elliott Clark, CrawleyPublic ownership for public services.
Philip Lowe, Whitley BayWhy do you and I have to subsidise a private company to make profits for its owners? It’s madness.
Jane Mowat, BristolPut people before profit. Give us our public transport back – trains, buses, ferries, the lot.
Graham Bridge, NuneatonMy annual season ticket costs over £9000, more than my mortgage.
David McCann, BirminghamThere is no place in civilised society for essential public services to be controlled by for-profit private interests. Return to us what is rightfully ours.
Derek Auty, Normanton.All our major commodities – gas, electricity, water and transport, should never leave the government’s hands. This just leads to the public’s loss of ownership.
Joe Bishop, ReadingWe just want a radical policy from the Labour party. We don’t want to have a choice of the same 3 policies come election time.
Jon Smith, BristolTrain fares are way too overpriced.
Thomas Edwin Eddleston, OldhamThey should never have been privatised in the first place.