Christine Ogilvie, BexleyOur fragmented rail system does not work. Bring back a National Transport System.
Ryan Martin, PooleReduce cars, link towns and villages, create more jobs. This has to be the only way in consideration of the growing population and numbers of vehicles on the road.
Dick Norton, CuparPublic service should not be in private hands.
Joan Harrison, St AlbansI look forward to being able to travel anywhere with one company, without lining the shareholders’ pockets.
Deirdre Forsyth, GlasgowRail privatisation was always going to be about contracts and money, not people or good service.
Suzy Davies, CrawleyBoth of my grandfathers were steam engine drivers. They would be incensed to see the profiteering free-for-all of today’s railways. Re-nationalise now.
Anthony Wilson, East SussexI want to shove my train ticket somewhere I won’t say! But you know where I am thinking of, cough, cough!
Nicky Jerrome, ReadingThis needs to happen.
Rick Evans, BedworthIt’s really time we had a service based on need not profit to benefit everyone not just the company shareholders.
Dorothy Chambers, LincolnI agree John Major had no right to sell it off.
Philip Davis, BirminghamThe fragmented privatised railway is still paid for by the taxpayer, yet is so inefficient that it costs three times what BR cost. It’s time to give us back our national railway.
Janet Ferry, BlythWe live in Northumberland and we want a train.
Sarah Hurley, BristolA reliable, affordable, state-run railway would benefit the whole country.
David Radford, ChesterfieldPublic transport is a public service. The railways have constantly gone downhill since privatisation.
Deb Smith, HamptonYes. What competition is my mantra Monday through Friday. SWT has a license to do whatever the hell they like to customers, with no fear of sanction or customer churn.
Derek Jones, TyldesleyThe so called privatisation is costing the tax payer more than the nationalised railway ever did with duplication of jobs. Surely it’s time to stop this nonsense?
Susannah Gresves, HastingsThe only answer is re-nationalisation.
Eira Short, RochdaleI would love to be able to take my son on a train to London in the same way as my parents took me. We need a public transport system.
Peter Harding, ReadingIt’s financial and operational sense to have a nationalised railway. I believe it’s time to have our railways run for people not profit.
Dixon Lau, HatfieldTransport in UK should be run by British companies who have Britain’s best interest at heart, and not by companies mostly owned by the Chinese Communist Party.
Jack Harding, LondonConsistent fare rises above CPI, without improvements to justify them, while farepayers’ wages remain stagnant. This has to end now.
Linda Kaucher, LondonWe must do this before TTIP progresses.
Anne Byrne, PembrokeThen improve the rail connections in South Pembrokeshire.
David Kernohan, AvonBritish Rail was cheaper and was more efficient.
Padda Brewster, Wolverhamptonit was run better when it was BR.
Mark Jones, FarnboroughBring back efficiency for people, and remove that for large fat-cat personal profits.
Oliver Heathcote, IpswichBritish Rail may have had its problems but nothing like the expensive muddle bequeathed to us by the Major government.
Mike Higgins, ShrewsburyHow can a fragmented railway system possibly be efficient?
Jesamine Bartlett, Market DraytonAfter spending time living in Norway where the state owns the rail system and you can travel cheaply, I am even more furious at the cost of travel in the UK on rail.