Nigel Parry, EdinburghThe rail service prices have rocketed up. Edinburgh – London used to be £80 in the 1990s. Better public transport is essential for the economy.
Glen Arnold, RugeleySafety/customer service and limitless profit simply don’t mix.
Jennifer Brazil, Great MissendenIt cost me £110 for an advance return train ticket from Yorkshire to Great Missenden but £120 for a return plane ticket to Berlin. Ridiculous.
Emma Kraus, BracknellCome on, let’s join the Spirit of ’45.
Caroline WinnTravel by rail is overly expensive, complicated, frustrating. The service is poor – trains are late on a daily basis – trains are dirty with toilets frequently overflowing.
Philip Lowe, WoolerEast Coast Rail proved the advantage of a nationalised service; before it was gifted to Branson to milk.
Sandra Smith, Oulton BroadGo for it.
Carol Lynch, WallaseyWe want to be treated like our Euro-cousins with cheaper rail fares.
David Fearnhead, NottinghamPublic services are public assets.
Mark Mayo, LondonPublic transport for public good rather than private greed.
Benjamin Ross, Welwyn Garden CityThis is needed. Our railways are just a joke now.
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.
Atkins Andy, LeedsIt’s time the Labour Party made it a manifesto pledge.
Roger Carvell, HitchinThe privatisation of the UK’s railways has been a disaster. We pay more than ever in taxes to support private shareholders.
Andy Upton, ColdinghamBR was far from perfect, but should have been fixed, not replaced. It is obvious that removing money to pay lawyers and dividends is just a waste.
Andrew RadekThey should never be in private hands.
Kathleen McDermott, WorksopIt’s far too complicated a system with so many different companies involved and putting profits before people.
Carol Lindsay, KilconquharPrices up, service down. Now is the time to turn around.
Edward Sherlock, CarmarthenAfter twenty years of greed, incompetence and lack of investment, it is time to accept that private capital cannot run a railway or a health service.
Andrew Morley, Newcastle-upon-TyneInstead of profits and public money being lost in the wallets of capitalist fat cats, that money should be invested in a decent transport system used and owned by us all.
Alesia Harris, WokingI’m a student and the prices of trains are extortionate, especially for cramped and delayed services. I often have to travel to London for fieldwork and it’s food or work.
Sheena McKerrell, KeighleyLet’s invest the profits from our rail fares in improving our railways and not let them go abroad.
Iain Fletcher, CoventryNational infrastructure does not conform to typical capitalist theory. Monopolies and exploitation are inevitable.
Neil Friend, AldershotAll major utilities should not be run for the benefit of shareholders.
Shelley Mulholland, SheffieldPrivatisation just hasn’t delivered.
Tom Faulkner, EastbourneNothing but delays and strikes on Southern. But fares still keep rising. Privatisation is not helping passengers.
Ric Hardacre, IpswichBy the people, for the people.
Louise Prickett, LondonThe pricing system is incomprehensible and unfair.
Christopher Chatters, NewburyLike all the other privatisations, it costs more and the service is worse.
Bill PorterWith fewer staffed ticket offices the travelling public will get worse customer service and no help getting the best deals from an ever confusing array of tickets.