Helen Glazier, SheffieldPublic transport is a public service. It should not be for profit-making businesses who get subsidised by taxpayers.
John ConleyReturning to British Rail would simplify all the Ticket Clerks’ jobs greatly.
Chirag Batavia, LondonRail travel should be affordable for ordinary people. No more over-inflation price hikes.
David Harrison, NorthamptonWe might end up with a service that is on time and actually runs, not one that is consistently late, packed all the time and with engineering works all the time.
Tom Baines, OrmskirkI get trains around four times a week. Never has a train been on time.
Anthony Roberts, LondonIt could be done for nothing.
Patricia Reed, North ShieldsThe railways were once the envy of the world – now it’s a mess. The pricing strategies make no sense. Plough profits back into British Rail, not shareholders’ pockets.
Gavin Monaghan, HelensburghPublic service should mean public ownership and public profit.
Glenn Osborne, Isle Of LewisWe don’t have a railway where I live, but when I go to the mainland I can’t afford to travel anywhere these days.
Elaine Tavner, HolfordHoping for a fairly priced and state-owned railway system.
Simon Haigh, YorkBring back sensible prices that don’t change the nearer you get to the date of departure.
Barry Ould, AylesburyI’m disgusted at today’s news about Virgin and Stagecoach, getting the East Coast franchise.
Karen Nadin, NewarkAll part of the Tory attempt to put all public services in private hands. Re-nationalise all public utilities as soon as possible.
Daniel Pearce, Ebbw ValeIt’s already subsidised so why not re-nationalise?
Michael Henson, PickeringThe current success of the East Coast line is testament enough to how much this needs to happen.
Colin FlowerdayNationalisation is the only choice we have now, as we did when British Railways first came into being in 1948.
Keith Finn, NeathGive us our railways back.
Michael Fuller, HorshamWhat does it take for the government to finally do something about this level of incompetence?
John Young, NottinghamThe privatisation project of the last thirty years has been an ideologically driven disaster, and the railways fiasco of the 1990s was amongst the most egregious.
Ian Scarlat, BradfordBring it back to the people.
June Diamanti, Tyne and WearI cannot believe other countries can deliver a good rail service and we cannot, but we readily tolerate appalling service as a matter of course in the UK.
Paul McNally, WashingtonI fully support the need for a publicly-owned and run railway in Britain.
James Fyrth, ReadingAnother failed endeavour where profit is put ahead of people. It’s totally unfit for purpose and should be run for the people who use it.
Steve Baxter, NewarkBring back our British Rail.
Sarah Mason, SittingbourneBritish Rail should never have been privatised. It should be run as a public service for the people not private profit, as should the energy companies.
Thomas Murphy, South Woodham FerrersBig delays at least 2 or 3 times a week not acceptable.
Ev Marcus, LeedsCost of travel by train has become extortionate.
Jason Hall, BedfordWhy am I paying tax to subsidise an industry that was sold off to the private sector? Another failed Tory policy crafted to benefit a rich minority.
Annette Lillig, EdinburghRailways should be run for people, not for profit.
Paul Manuel, IlfordEnd the privatised fleecing.