James Hetherington, LondonHaving to take a 4 hour coach from London to visit my parents 120 miles away because the train is so expensive! In fact, the train can often be five times pricier.
Brian Moverley, NottinghamPrivatisation means costly, ineffective, inefficient services. The only winners are the shareholders and overpaid management.
Paul Tiebout, LondonBring it back. Things are a joke with these companies.
Lyn Boyd, DurhamRe-nationalise for a better service and increased effeciency. Public need before private profit.
Joyce Soffe, SwindonWe need to sort out basics before we bother about high speed trains.
Chris Venables, SheffieldI want the railways to be publicly run for the public good and to cut down on private car and lorry usage.
John Stead, SunderlandThe railways need investment. Yes. They used to get it. But it was described as financial losses. Now they get money poured into them to guarantee profits. That is a loss.
David Lancaster, YorkRail privatisation has been a disaster and the success of the East Coast mainline service in public ownership shows what can be achieved in the public interest.
David Arscott, OkehamptonPublic use so public ownership.
Adam Evans, PontefractThis needs to happen urgently. We are already decades behind most other advanced countries.
Nic Szeremeta, TorquayGiving a country’s infrastructure to profiteers is a bad joke.
Vince Crosby, Newton AycliffeThe only way to move forward is to take it back into public ownership where the users are the shareholders.
Mike Bond, BristolLet’s get people moving on the trains at a good price. All working together. Unify our rail.
Malcolm Young, GrimsbyBringing back British Rail is the sensible thing to do. Unfortunately this government does not do sensible.
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.
Martin Rawson, DerbyEast Coast Mainline proves it can be done. High quality service run for passengers not shareholders’ profit.
Nick Jackson, Harrow WealdEnough of the corrupt Tories ripping us all off. The railway should never have been privatised in the first place. Greedy profiteers..
Thomas Duggan, LeedsTrains are the blood of our country.
Neil Turner, BridgendIt has been one of our most disastrous and pointless privatisations, contradicted by such a large proportion of the TOCs being owned by other countries’ state transport.
Paul Manuel, IlfordEnd the privatised fleecing.
Erica Jeffery, CrawleyI’m originally from a place in the US that doesn’t even do public transport. It was cheaper and far more reliable than this joke of a system. Shame on bosses and government.
Anne Gray, LondonI heard about you at the Green conference in Brighton. Great! Can your site please have more details of Caroline Lucas’s private member’s bill?
Malcolm Cobden, WorthingPlease, for the sake of everyone bring back British Rail.
Timothy Geering, SouthamptonFor the sake of an efficient railway system and one that is priced for need and not profit, we need them in public ownership.
Nicholas Roscoe, SheffieldManaged properly, nothing should be able to beat a nationalised rail industry.
Tristram Hall, LondonI find it absolutely astonishing that rail fares continue to rise yet little change is made.
Damon Cocker, NorwichI don’t drive at the moment and cycle/use the trains but the astronomically high fares mean I’m considering getting a car, which I would hate to do
Max Hutchinson, ManchesterNorthern Rail are a disgrace.
Tyso Short, BedfordThe fat cats are at it again.
Mark Cameron, BurnleyPlease keep me informed on your progress.