John Littlefair, BroughA re-unified national railway network is fair, sensible and forward-looking.
Kevin Sparrow, ChepstowI remember when it was all good – a single unified organisation that my family took a pride in. My uncle was a train driver.
Tony Gale, DerbyRail prices are going sky-high and the service isn’t improving one bit. Privatisation hasn’t worked. Profit shouldn’t be the main motivator in providing a public service.
Benjamin Blake, CrawleyBring it back to the people.
Alison Smith, HoveTicket prices are now so high that they will force commuters off the trains. Please re-nationalise the railways and run them as a public service.
Leslie Allan, Whitley BayEast Coast is a well run and efficient organisation, with helpful and friendly staff. Also it makes a healthy profit, more than Virgin and much more than First Great Western.
David Sleet, YorkIf profits can be made by British Rail, they should be ploughed back into the system, not distributed to the already-wealthy shareholders.
Andrew Hardman, ChesterfieldThe breaking up of British Rail has been bad for the country, bad for communities and terrible for the travelling public. Bring back British Rail.
Pauline Mackintosh, NottinghamForeigners are bemused by the broken disconnected rail travel that we have. I am too. It is vital to have a joined-up, coherent service to keep business slick and safe.
Rohan Mehra, PurleyWe should look to countries like Japan, Germany and France for ideas on how to run our railways.
Rosemary Blake, LondonHow much more can the ordinary person take? Let down by politicians and bankers and held to ransom by the greed of the people running virtually everything else.
Debbie Wood-Holland, WellingboroughHow can a train trip cost so much? Convenient for rail companies, not the public. So get your snouts out of the trough please.
Andrew Butler, LincolnThey should never have been privatised in the first place.
Pete Ryan, BarnsleyNationalise the railways and put it in the hands of the people.
Nick Bradley, DevonToo many services have been sold off. Transport services belong to the rail users not shareholders.
Gillian Kelly, AmblesideI used to be able to board a train at Oxenholme and go through to Totnes or Penzance. Now I have to haul my luggage off at Birmingham New St. and change. I hate this.
James Clark, GlasgowRe-nationalise BR.
John Tute, HuddersfieldJust give the people an integrated, efficient railway, not the chaotic, privatised system which only benefits shareholders.
Glenn Tregillis, WinchesterRe-train Britain for a more sustainable future.
David Sharratt, DerbyRailways should be owned by the State for the people. All profits should be returned as tax, invested in the railway and its employees.
Kathryn Devney, HastingsGive the people who use the trains a fair deal rather than the private companies who put prices up and up. The government don’t do bad out of it either.
Jake Morris, CambridgePublic transport is so crucial for some people and yet it’s so expensive and not run as a public service. We need this.
Karen Vaughan, Little ClactonOverpriced, understaffed, unbelievable. And we subsidise them with tax money anyway.
Carl Hodgetts, CardiffI’m tired of paying extortionate fares in order to prop up shareholders in private companies whilst the services themselves are unbelievably substandard.
Jean Coates, HarrogateWe need a joined up service and not a cartel of lots of different companies offering us the same tickets and prices.
Gareth Williams, WenvoeWe need cheaper fares and profits ploughed back into the system. Shareholders should be supporting the system now not the taxpayer, unless we re-nationalise the system.
Bill Hutt, WithamMy father worked for BR for well over 50 years. The break he had was for WW2. The standard of the service was far higher and better than the public receive now.
Aimee Neat, LondonKeep up the good work and let me know if you need volunteers.
Jenny Young, HullLet’s show them how Great Britain should be.
Marie McCahery, BradfordThere are so many social and environmental benefits from having a well-used railway system. It is not suitable to be run by short-termist corporations.