Adrian Wood, BerkshireIt costs me so much to get to college I’ve considered dropping out as I just can’t afford it. The rail system in this country doesn’t work.
Shirley Smith, RickmansworthI support commuters with the overpriced unfair costs of rail travel.
Stanley Gray, HartlepoolNo more privatisation where foreign companies own all our utilities.
Chris Jack, EdinburghNo other country in Europe employs the crazy system which we currently have in the UK, with public money supporting private companies whose profits go to shareholders.
Martyn Thirlway, LondonThis is something I have been saying for a long time. The government should be responsible for transport, hospitals and schools. I wish this action the very best.
Robert Bunday, BrightonPublic transport should be a public service not a profit driven business.
Philip Lowe, WoolerEast Coast Rail proved the advantage of a nationalised service; before it was gifted to Branson to milk.
Jon Hobbs, Leighton BuzzardPrivatisation has failed. Let’s return our rail system to the national asset it once was.
Simon Evans, BristolThe price of rail travel in this country, compared to any other in the world, is utterly extortionate and we don’t even get a decent service for our money.
Anna Popova, CambridgeI commute to work 5 days a week on an Abellio Greater Anglia train from Cambridge to Great Chesterford. The trains are delayed frequently.
Helen Dixon, HoveDefinitely.
Cindy Sullivan, LondonPlease bring back British Rail.
Glyn Morgan, LiverpoolWe currently subsidise the rail network more heavily than we did when we owned it yet they still make a profit. That’s our money and it should be re-invested.
Richard Stainton, HinckleyThe tax payer should not pay for foreign companies to make a profit whilst operating at the highest prices in Europe.
Keith Rogers, BirminghamPeople before profit.
Pauline Pallavicini, BirminghamAt least it would be accountable to the voter/user. London Midland is a service for anyone but the paying passenger.
Charles Honderick, LondonI am appalled by the sky-rocketing price of travel, the most expensive in all of Europe. It’s disgusting.
Nikhil Reji, PrestonWhile prices rocket, the train service quality is getting lower and lower. UK needs to look at other countries’ train services.
Colin Telford, TruroStinky dirty two-carriage boneshaker trains, overcrowded in summer. Even when the insides are renovated they still leave grime in the recesses.
Lynda Bowen, TealbyI’m deeply saddened that East Coast has disappeared – such a regressive step.
Chris Molyneux, NottinghamA public service does not have to make a profit. If it does, it certainly shouldn’t be given to private shareholders. The profit should be re-invested for the public good.
John Winn, UpminsterA fragmented rail service is not the best for passengers, with different pricing for the same and similar journeys.
Nick Urquhart, AberdeenThe shocking performance of rail services shows it needs to be state-owned. I do not remember the last time a train left exactly on time.
Ian Isherwood, MacclesfieldOnly by nationalisation can we have a fully integrated public transport system for the good of all citizens.
David Marsh, LondonWe wouldn’t be in the position where no-one gets the same rail privileges as staff did before 1994. That to me and many others is incredibly unfair.
Naomi Wallace, OtterburnStop wasting tax payer money on private rail. Bring back public owned transportation.
Terence Dixon, WalcoteThe privatisation of the rail industry was done on a false premise and poor model of operation. Railways worldwide need subsidy as they are vital services. Nationalise.
Tim Delaney, LowestoftIt’s obvious that the railways are being run for short-term private gain and not in the public interest.
Phil Wall, PontypriddThe poorest suffer; the richest grow richer.
David Smith, Weston-super-MareIts time to stop the subsidies, for fat cats and share holders at the expense of the tax payer.