Vince Jerrison, TrewalderStop incompetent companies intent on profit ruining our services and get a grip on it again.
Claire Davenport, DoncasterAll major services in my mind should be brought back into re-nationalisation and should never have been sold in the first place.
Kevin Higgins , ElyWe need a coordinated rail system and cheaper fares.
Alan Martin, LiverpoolRail and all transport should be a public service, publicly owned and controlled, not the profit making toy of the private sector.
Matthew John Dixon, CaldicotHi, I’m a railway enthusiast and a volunteer on the Dean Forest Railway and I am willing to join and, as a railway historian, I really agree with your statements.
Rosalind Readhead, LondonA transport system that works democratically for the whole of the UK should not be in the hands of profiteers.
Sandra Reardon, MontgomeryWe want a public rail service that functions to serve passengers, not shareholders.
Daniel Cocker, ManchesterPrivate train service is an abomination.
Steve Baxter, NewarkBring back our British Rail.
John Eaton, High PeakThe present system is much too complicated and wasteful, set up to make money for financial institutions etc., rather than to run an effective railway.
David Bacon, SheffieldBringing British Rail back into the public domain is a no brainer. A state owned system would cost less and profits would go to the nation.
Steven Pugh, ManchesterVirgin Trains are severely overpriced.
Kev Austin, BiggleswadeIt’s funny how the East Coast Line is now considered to be best value and most reliable. Is it because it is publicly owned by any chance?
Joyce Laidler, RytonAnd British Gas and electricity and the water industries.
Eliot Lopes, Eischen – G.D. LuxembourgDoes support from overseas also count?
Charles Page, Carbost, Isle of SkyeThe whole franchising business is ridiculous, incredibly costly and to no obvious purpose.
Imran HusainPrivatisation and competition works when there is actual consumer choice on offer. Why anyone thought this would apply on rail routes beggars belief.
Paul Gibson, GalashielsSafety and service before rip-off prices.
Andrew Dowden, ManchesterWe need a united railway again to cut costs and continue the level of investment required.
Jonathan, KentConnex was a rubbish company which couldn’t run the railway, but no private company can do it!
Frances Hooker, SheffieldTrains are transport for the future. Please fund adequately, increase numbers and connectivity for all.
Neville Redvers-Higgins, TringThis is an abuse of the original privatisation. Stop this amount of money going from the public sector to private company profits. Bring back British Rail.
Sterghios Moschos, LondonNot all services work when privatised. The economics and performance of the rail network in Britain prove that. The same applies to water and power.
Daniel Adesen, LondonNationalise the railways again. The service is terrible.
Ian McGuffie, SedgefieldLet’s stop the creaming-off of all the profits from railways then handing them back as unprofitable. Re-nationalise now.
Garry Goodwin, WatfordStop private companies drawing profits from assets that belong to us all.
Maureen Taft, EastbourneThe free market has not worked, so let’s get back to what did.
Laurie Lomas, RochesterIt is time to end the rail privatisation rip-off.
Frank McQuaid, EasterhouseFor people not profit.
Paula Du Spearman, RedhillOpen up the closed lines and bring back the platelayers. Put railway people in a real uniform.