Maggie Gallimore, NottinghamJust give it back, please.
Oliver Bowen, AbergavennyThe current system just does not work.
Joe Tait, SouthamptonRe-nationalise it now – the sooner the better.
Paul BrightWe need to bring back British Rail properly with an integrated public travel system like they have in Switzerland.
Andrew Hoadley, ArchwayProfit motive built the railways, when they really competed with one another. Now, and especially after WWII, it is a national asset. It must stay.
Ieuan Berry, NewportBring back British Rail.
Scott Hollingsworth, LichfieldOur daughter’s father-in-law is a director of SNCF and was gob-smacked visiting us by train. Frequently he asked “Why?” Credible responses are difficult in an asylum.
Katherine Newey, ExeterI don’t drive and am dependent on public transport. Services are inferior and more expensive than under BR.
Sean McCarroll, PenzanceNo car. I travel a lot and found having to change trains more as before we used to travel straight through. Now have to suit train companies territories.
John Pritchard, Berwick-upon-TweedOwned by the public, run for the public, for the benefit of the public.
Jenny Reeves, FavershamMake public transport a public concern once more. Tickets are not profit slips for fat cats.
KC Mull, BanburyChiltern amended a perfectly good timetable with disastrous results.
Tony Osborne, SloughTrains and buses – lots of companies fighting one another – confusing information – little or no co-ordination.
Andrew Morton, HuddersfieldTrains constantly late, outrageously poor capacity, fare hikes every year, compensation services are awful. This has not worked. End privatisation for good.
Alec Murdoch, EdinburghThe expensive mess has gone on too long.
Mike Nash, PoyntonThe train service at my local station (Poynton) is getting worse and worse because Virgin wants to keep increasing the frequency of the Manchester-London service.
Jan Smith, NelsonThere is a crying need to make public transport more affordable. Re-nationalisation of rail is one way to do this.
Chris Gilchrist, BristolEnd the charade of buck-passing and excessive fares.
Stephen Foster, WillenhallAll key services and industries should be in public ownership. Service, not profit.
William Marshall, LeicesterPrivatising profits and keeping costs nationalised was a huge mistake that funnels money from taxes to the super-rich at the head of TOCs and ROSCOs.
Tom Cannon, Stoke-on-TrentAs a student, I feel that, even with a railcard, rail fares are extortionately expensive and the ticketing systems with multiple vendors are far too complicated.
Michael Church, DewsburyMoney is being wasted paying dividends to shareholders rather than being invested in the infrastructure.
Martin Crimp, SouthportTime these sponging train operating companies were hung out to dry.
Fred Mathisen, AberdourBR was broken up because it was over subsidised but the current clutch of companies is subsidised much much more, including shareholders’ dividends.
Claire Wade, BromleyBring back British Rail. It should be a publicly-owned company accountable to the public.
Rik Manning, StroudA railway network based on service not profit. I want a truly inclusive rail service so the average citizen can travel at a reasonable price.
Emily Sweetman, Potters BarCheaper fares, British owned, better living now.
Brian Turnbull, HawickIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
Paul Cook, EdinburghShame on these privateers and they’re doing it all over again, with the Royal Mail, NHS etc.
Maria Harlan, St. AlbansAnybody travelling around Europe becomes aware how shamefully overpriced British Rail has become. It has nothing to do with a service any more.