Steve Ince, PocklingtonThe country should have a proper public transport system.
Ann Barnes, YorkBritish is best.
Alistair Salmon, MedwayBritish Railways was run more effectively than today’s Train Operating Companies.
Benjamin Blake, CrawleyBring it back to the people.
O J Donnelly, AldershotExpand our railways to where people need to go and not just where it is profitable. Get people off the roads and save the environment. Bring back and expand motor-rail too.
Valerie Coote, SalisburyThe service is so fragmented now, with everyone having their own little budget areas, that it’s no wonder that the investment in the railway itself is minimal.
Colin Rolfe, ChelmsfordThis needs to be back in the public sector. Why should tax payers keep bailing out these companies and then pay through the nose to line their pockets?
Allan Jones, ElginThey should never have been privatised. The government conspired to make them look unprofitable at the time and also at the time of Beeching.
Sam Wynne, Poynton£8 to go 5 stops. That’s £160 a month to get to work for an £800 a month job.
Adam Bloy, LondonService not profit!
Riz Husain, HarrowBritish Rail was far more cost-effective and fairer for commuters than the debacle of a system we have now.
Sohail Zafar, LondonAll strategic industries must be in state ownership.
Alasdair Lumsden, LondonYes, bring it back.
Bethan Harrison, LondonPrices are too high and conditions are poor, exploiting the day-to-day worker. They should be ashamed.
Paul Pearson, ShrewsburyI hate having to wait on a platform and let trains to my destination leave, as my ticket is not valid on that service.
Mark Denny, WiganNot-for-profit railway for the people of the United Kingdom would be value for money and not-for-profiteers employment security for rail workers – and would be cheaper.
Sarah Mason, SittingbourneBritish Rail should never have been privatised. It should be run as a public service for the people not private profit, as should the energy companies.
Richard Hanks, SheffieldPeople before profit!
Paul Sheppard, LondonSouthwest Trains are crooks.
Paul Campbell, LondonThe privatisation of the UK’s rail network has not led to lower fares and better service. Rail companies put shareholders’ dividends before fare-paying customers. BBBR.
Michael Johnson, GuisboroughCan we have the power and water companies back as well please? They were privatised without our permission and are ripping us off also.
Steve Thorpe, HastingsI know BR wasn’t perfect, but what organisation is? It had been starved of cash by successive governments. There’s more subsidy now but worse performance.
Huw Spanner, HarrowBritain deserves a top-class, publicly-owned railway like France.
N Zaidi, BrightonSevere lack of peak time trains (e.g. back/forth Brighton) and also lack of scheduling with local bus services, makes getting to work time-consuming, expensive and awful.
Samuel Cook, LeedsFares are too big. Bring back British Rail.
David Sterratt, EdinburghBR cost taxpayers about a third of what the privatised railway does now and was cheaper for passengers too. Nationalise franchises when they expire for greater efficiency.
Richard Campbell, HuntingdonIt seems that over the years the whole country has been flogged off to private business, and look at the mess we are in. It’s time to put an end to this rip-off now.
Brian Armstrong, LondonWhen the cost of tickets keeps going up so that the shareholders can have a pay-out each year, the services are getting no better. It is time it was run by one body.
William Carter, WigtonTrains are always late and stupidly expensive. This has to change.