Robin Evans, PooleIt cannot happen too soon to simplify travelling in this country.
Nathan Day, RedhillSimple. Enough is enough.
Damon Cocker, NorwichI don’t drive at the moment and cycle/use the trains but the astronomically high fares mean I’m considering getting a car, which I would hate to do
Kevin Proctor, ErithI want to see one rail network for the whole of the UK.
Andrew Hall, ErithBring back British Rail. Privatisation does not work.
Guru Krishnamurthy, LondonIt is high time we reclaimed the railways which should be a public service. Public money should never be paid to supplement private sector profits, as is being done now.
Peter Gregson, EdinburghWe need British Rail back. Why did Tony Blair and Gordon Brown never act?
Wilma Elton, EdinburghWhy stop running East Coast when it returned more than £1billion a year to the government? The new company will only give £3 billion in 8 years.
Simone Abram, SheffieldRailways are a national asset and work best in public ownership.
Richard King, BristolRe-nationalise now.
Chris Yong, St AlbansRailways for the benefit of people and the country, not for private profit.
William Chivers, LeedsI still believe re-nationalisation of the UK’s Rail Network may be a potential key answer as far as I’m concerned.
Thomas John Wheeler, DyfedThe rolling stock leasing companies swallow up a hundred thousand pounds a year for each and every train – that money goes straight down the drain.
John Gunner, St AlbansTransport is a public service but we don’t want a return to union waste. Private profit no.
Robert PrideauxPublic transport’s aim should be to mobilise the masses as cheaply as it can, offering them freedom and increasing the UK’s potential. Profit stands in the way of this.
John Weeks, RushdenIt wasn’t broke and now BR needs to be re-nationalised.
David Bosher, LondonOnly the Tories could have done this, their revenge on the public knowing they’d lose the 1997 election so they got in quick with this. Typical Tories messing things up.
Reb Deacon, GloucesterEveryone used to whinge about BR, but if only they had known how bad it would get after privatisation. We are subsidising it far more than when it was ours.
Jason Clements, HarrogatePrivatisation has not shown itself to be good value for money and the different franchises don’t provide a ‘joined-up’ service.
Luke Heanue, LondonNo to the privatisation of public profits. No to the subsidy of private companies. No to increased fares. No to inefficient private sector maintenance contracts.
Jackie Smith, LondonIt’s got to be a joke the overcrowding on London trains and the regular price rises above the rate of inflation. Yet shareholders get returns and bosses get bonuses.
Thomas Barlow, ManchesterOur trains seriously lag behind the nationalised systems of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, all of whom also have much cheaper fares.
Robert Thomas, NortholtIt makes no sense to fragment the railways. It’s been tried by John Major and the experiment failed miserably.
Meg Gain, Stratford-upon-AvonA confusing plethora of train companies and fares which does little for the customer.
David Ashton, HitchinA well-run public transport system is an essential part of a sustainable society. A properly-funded, publicly owned rail system a key element, less expensive than private.
Kaotuka Raaman, SidcupRail is a necessary public service and should belong to the public.
Katherine Greenwell, HuddersfieldIt makes so much sense on every level.
Paul Miller, IlkestonGet this cash cow for the rich and greedy back to the people who use it.
Barry Gibson, DundeeReturn public transport to a service for the public not just a money-making exercise for a few.
Raymond Howells, DinningtonTime to stop pandering to the failed markets and letting foreign government-backed organisations buy our railway.