Carole Reeves, DurhamIt would be nice if every service could be as good as East Coast.
Michael Williams, GravesendFive times the subsidy of the old BR. I don’t think this is sustainable.
Naomi Brown, SouthamptonGive the railways back to the public. Private ownership doesn’t work. It’s not a new idea and it can be done with next to no cost. What are they playing at?
Rick Salter, PenrithAs a regular rail user I know that the previous set-up was better. Bring back BR and put service ahead of profit.
Raymond Isom, SudburyI have absolutely no idea why we sold off the railways in the first place. If they are so successful, why does the taxpayer still subsidise them? It’s total madness.
Thomas Patterson, Whitley Baywhy can European national railways be allowed to run lines in the UK with less success than East Coast and worse customer survey results.
Sarah Gee, TeessideIt’s a mad enough world without making travelling so complicated.
Lisa Green, SwanseaBring back British Rail.
Michael Neal, King’s LynnIt should never have left public ownership in the first place.
Terry Grimley, BirminghamThe kind of people who complain about the bureaucracy of the EU are the same kind of people who designed the Byzantine complexity of Britain’s privatised railway.
Suzi Mitchell, Shepton MalletDriving by car solo to London – paying the car running costs/congestion charge / expensive west end car park / driving home is still cheaper than by train.
June Finnie, GlasgowAdmit defeat and put it back together.
Susan Power, BrightonAlso, please bring back the T-shirt. It’s a good way of generating comment and raising awareness. Thanks.
Mary T Johnston, EdinburghBring it back. It works for the people.
Ed Dolman, LondonThe current rail system simply doesn’t work. Children have to pay just to travel to school. Adults are forced to accept ridiculous and rising fares.
Chris Bhamra, SheffieldThe present system is completely unacceptable.
Sarah Macdonnell, RedhillPlease could we have a national rail system that works for the passengers and not for those who are motivated by making money from it.
Alex Ninnim, PlymouthLet’s have our railway back to how it should be run – for the passengers!
Liz Walker, CambridgeThe profits made by the East Coast service in public hands go directly into the public purse and not to shareholders. We should not renew any more rail franchises.
Phil Taylor, StirlingThe state of our privatised railway shames the nation that invented the technology nearly 200 years ago. Nationalisation need not mean inefficient. Let’s do this.
Aubrey Stafford, RetfordPlease keep up the pressure on these stupid politicians.
Nick Alexander, NewarkOver-priced, inefficient private providers have no concern for the fare-payers, only profit for them and their shareholders. East Coast line proves that public is best.
Kevin Walsh, BusheyPrivatisation of the railways is far more expensive to run than the unified British Rail ever was.
Sue Flint, BristolHigh time, too.
Michael Read, NottinghamWe are being ripped off.
Ted Goodhew, MaidenheadThe so-called profit motive has been discredited by the sharks who run these companies.
Julia Taylor, LeicesterBritain needs an efficient, unified, real service run to provide a high quality service, not an over-priced, disjointed railway system run for profit at our expense.
Paul McLean, LeedsThanks to all railway staff for their kindness and assistance.
Patrick Phillips, CardiffI’m old enough to remember BR and, though it was far from perfect, it performed really well, given how starved of investment it was.
Samuel Lerman-HahnIt’s called public transport for a reason. Public transport trumps private enterprise and profit.