Clem Rich, IpswichTrain was cancelled outright 3 times in last 2 weeks without bus/additional services added. This is not counting the number of delays.
Chris Schiele, ManchesterNorthern Rail needs to go. Levenshulme commute doesn’t work. The 08:11 is a myth.
R Marchal, ChelmsfordAll profits should go back into the system.
Maryam Shakiba, LondonRailways are a public service and should be state run and not for private profit.
Andrew Tappin, BristolI hate privatisation, especially when it’s on the railways.
Nikki Wood, TodmordenTrains for the people not for profit.
Trevor Green, WorcesterWe need a fairly priced service with enough carriages to make sure there is less over-crowding and that any profit is re-invested in the service, not to shareholders.
Mandie Walton, DumbartonI joined after privatisation but I still wish it was back to British Rail.
Stuart Hopkins, TorquayAs long as BR learnt from the mistakes of the past I absolutely agree that the rail system should be in public ownership. More joined-up and with cheaper fares.
Margaretha Galt, CambridgeWe pay six times as much as Europe. We need a nationalised railway now.
Phil Gallon, SaltburnPrivatisation does not equal improved service or cheaper tariffs. Re-nationalise and give Britain a rail network to be proud of.
Margaret White, CheltenhamToo expensive and all too crowded.
Susan Gulliver, KeighleyLet’s put the British back and make the railways a state-owned company. Everyone then should be able to afford to use them.
Ian Phillips, BristolThere can be no argument against bringing the railways back into public ownership.
Andrew Smith, SouthamptonUnify the rail system for the people not the banks and rail companies. It’s not competition we need, it’s management. Outsource it to the Swiss or Germans.
Hans Fried, LondonLet the people own the service industries, rather than allowing businessmen to take the profits.
Alix Heywood, HolmfirthPlease.
Peter J Walker, BillinghamThe success of the Direct Operation of East Coast shows that taking all rail services back into public control would most likely be more successful than re-franchising.
William McKay, KetteringWe need a rail system that puts people before profit.
Adam Stock, NewcastleLet’s stop the corporate benefits that gives us poor management, rip-off fares and a terrible ticketing system. Re-nationalise now.
Alison Affleck, StroudThe current service is impossible for elderly or disabled. And for fully able bodied and mind. All British Rail ever did wrong was limp lettuce in the sandwiches.
Jeff Lewis, WarringtonThe current situation is a ruinously expensive absurd mess.
Stephen Dixon, HebburnA key strategic resource that needs government ownership and control with a not-for-profit ethos.
Edward Padmore, SheffieldOur train fares should go into improving the system, not a businessman’s pocket.
John Ward, BirminghamThese railway companies are rubbish. Definitely bring back British Rail.
Alison Harris, PontefractRailways and other forms of public transport should be subsidised by the state for the benefit of the users and employees and not for shareholders in private companies.
Dave Bray, MaidstoneIt seems absurd that that which belonged to us was taken away, without thought or consideration! Now very few of us can access regular rail travel because we can’t afford it.
Jenny Dimond, WarePublic services should remain as public not private enterprise. Put people before profit.
Matthew Loughlin, KempstonThe current system is not fit-for-purpose. It simply cannot continue. The government need to be bold and take control, for the sake of the people.
Kathryn Thomas, Radcliffe-on-TrentThe ludicrously complicated fare structures have to go.