Sarah Gee, TeessideIt’s a mad enough world without making travelling so complicated.
Rob Willis, ShrewsburyYes we need cheap trains.
B J Gibbons, SouthamptonThe subsidies to the privatised companies are going into shareholders’ pockets. We need a properly integrated service. Only BR can do this.
Denise Smith, ExeterWe have an absolute mess now.
Vic Bagshaw, StockportAll sold-off businesses should be re-nationalised.
Heather Elliott, AylesburyIt’s much better to have rail service in public ownership.
Daniel Whatmuff, London£249 for return from London to Leeds. Privatisation of the rail networks just doesn’t work in the best interests of the public.
David Clancey, St NeotsIf you could see how well the railway operates in Portugal then you would be ashamed by the UK system.
Adrian Wood, BridportLet us all join together and have this mess sorted out once and for all.
Vasant Chotai, EdmontonBritish Rail services were more efficient and cheaper. Bring back British Rail.
Henry Buckle, ActonWe talked about this idea over beer years ago. I can’t believe it’s happening.
Polly Stubley, BristolFair fares for all.
Peter Manuel, StornowayEast Coast was a excellent service. Why let Virgin take it over? ScotRail is a disaster – dirty, unpunctual trains.
Chris Poulton, LondonBritain saw the birth of railways, but since privatisation the system has steadily declined and fallen well behind other countries. It’s in the public interest to improve.
Matthew Haynes, WinchesterUnified 1948, broken 2017.
Philip Hodge, MiddlewichGive us back what is ours.
Ian Hayward, BasingstokeHow can you run a railway and claim maximum customer service when you are also giving millions of pounds to shareholders who contribute nothing?
Mick Francis, Welwyn Garden CityIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
John Cupis, BathFor too long the British public have been misled on this subject. Rail privatisation is a massive lie by government.
Graham Wilkinson, BeverleyI want to stop my taxes going into the pockets of the already wealthy parasites.
Edith Hawley, NottinghamAll power to your elbow.
Jackie Ross, WakefieldBring back available, affordable travel for all. Not everyone has a car or can afford one. We all like to get out and about, not just car drivers.
Peter Howard, LondonWhy are my taxes going towards subsidising private companies? Our taxes should be spent for the benefit of us all, and not on a few fat cat exploiters.
Dan Willis, LondonAn affordable, integrated public network that provides a real service would be of benefit to the whole nation. Maybe invest the funds for HS2 into branch lines.
Paul Harrop, Watton-at-Stone, HertsBring our railways back into public ownership so that the passengers (not customers) can have a decent, value-for-money service instead of being exploited by private profit.
Graham Cooksey, CardiffBring back the good old British Rail and get rid of these money-grabbing private companies.
Mike Gotteri, SheffieldRailways, like many national services, should be run and owned by the state. We used to have the best railway in the world, which was chopped up and spoiled.
John McCarthy, ManchesterRe-regulate buses as well. Cross-subsidise socially necessary routes instead of funding millionaires.
James Nicolson, LondonInteresting that the route taken back by the state is the profitable one now.
Martin Dallaghan, ManchesterI believe private sector has successfully shaken up and re-vitalised this previously semi-dormant form of public transport. So now it’s time it went back into public hands.