Glenn O’ConnorI recently returned to Britain after a decade of living abroad and was flabbergasted at what commuters are paying for train transport.
Gareth Davies, ReadingBring back all public infrastructure into public ownership and reduce top civil service wages to a maximum of £50,000 per annum.
Zack Kahn, LondonPrivatisation was and still is a publicly funded rip-off, to defraud the public of money, the very taxes we all pay. Shame on you Con-Dems!
Mike FriendIf you have to travel from Plymouth to London you really only have one route, so where is the ‘competition’?
Angela Bell, DidcotI’m fed up with cancelled trains and rising fares.
Alan Summerhayes, BristolStop wasting money on a poor service. Bring back BR now.
Christine Cunningham, PlymouthAs you can see, Plymouth and Cornwall are at the backend of beyond according to those who run the railways. Anything south of Bristol does not exist. Enough said.
Terry Marshall, DoncasterStart using commercial nous instead of political dogma and keep the East Coast line in public ownership.
John Richard Jones, PrestonBritish Rail had more flexibility with tickets and better value. It was better all round.
Ned Lane-Barry, LeedsBring back British Rail.
Alan Coode, OxtedBring back BR.
Maureen Taft, EastbourneThe free market has not worked, so let’s get back to what did.
Ricky MillingI would love to go to explore England more during the weekends, but the price of travel just stops me. This is why rural towns and villages are closing down.
Roy Key, Stockton-on-TeesPrivate companies are out of control. We need to be brought back under public ownership.
Anthony Thompson, ShepshedThe present ridiculous situation has gone on too long.
Conor Tomlinson, BoltonPrivatisation puts profit before performance. Privatising organisations is why this country is such an undesirable place to be. Bring back nationalisation.
Jim Love, MiddlesbroughBring it back.
Michael Osborne, NottinghamPassing national services to private money is a disgrace. When profit is paramount the service suffers.
Lauretta Pearson, HinckleyThere are others we need to bring back too, but his would be a big move in the right direction.
Jennifer Broderick, LymmBring back British Rail.
Ian Crombie, BasingstokeBring back BR.
Richard Wilson, LondonIt’s disgusting that other national rail networks are subsidised in order to make profits that could be going towards our own government. BBBR.
Neil Chamberlain, BlackwoodBring back British Rail.
Sebastian Clare, DublinI want not only for the railways to be returned to public ownership, but for all transport provision to be unified under a National Transport Service, mimicking the NHS.
Alison Hosler, ExeterLet’s face it, rail privatisation didn’t work.
Jessica Oliver, Bognor RegisPrices are disgusting nowadays, even with my Railcard. Southern Rail are selfish and don’t care about their customers.
Dave Boyle, GraysIt’s disgraceful. It never should have been allowed to be privatised.
Rob Pietryszyn,The train should be cheaper than driving. Plough profits back.
Juliet Adham, St Leonards-on-SeaThe Railway is ours and it should be in our hands, not in those of a foreign country which doesn’t care.
Robert Williams, EdinburghSomething has to be done about the chaotic state of rail fares. It’s often cheaper to travel via an intermediate station rather than buying just one ticket.