Oliver Hickmet, LondonEnough is Enough. Stop robbing people and making their lives a misery. All everyone wants is to be able to get to their job at an affordable cost.
M Godwin, BathFranchising services to First, South West Trains and other companies is totally pointless and costly.
Dave Upton, PortsmouthI’m fed up being over-charged to use the railway network. Also, do away with first class and make everyone travel together.
Matt Wynne, LeedsWe are nothing but cows being milked dry. The British railway network is now nothing more than a private business with quarterly targets to meet at the expense of commuter.
Alacia Gent, CambridgeImprove the UK quality of life. It helps employment issues by offering affordable transport and affordable holiday transport benefits seaside towns. Everyone wins.
David Pointon, Scholar GreenRail services are only marginally better than when the line opened.
Elizabeth Moulding, CramlingtonFor the people not private profit.
Stephen Fairweather, NorwichWe should un-privatise everything. I’m fed up with being ripped off by greedy fat cats, and I’m sure I speak for most of us.
Edward Grassby, LondonI want a rail service that efficiently runs cheaply for the public, not an overpriced service that is unreliable.
Toby Cornwall, BristolThe rail network is a vital piece of national infrastructure and requires passenger-focussed management and proper investment. It should not make a profit.
Harry Barnett, NorwichI’m tired of poor rolling stock at the expense of shareholders’ profits, both on Southern and Greater Anglia.
Richard Partridge, WellingboroughI fully support re-nationalisation – let’s get our railway back and improve it.
Jamie Ward, CreditonGiven the state of rail travel at the moment: late trains, high fares and little to no innovation, we should bring back British Rail.
David Bryant-Moore, CheltenhamBring back British Rail indeed. We need green public transportation that doesn’t cost the earth to use. We’ve had this before and we can have it again.
Martin Posner, HastingsRailways for people not private profit.
Mike Domingue, HexhamIt would be great to also see improvements to rolling stock used on regional services like here on the Carlisle to Newcastle line.
Alan Templeton, EdinburghPrivatisation has been an expensive disaster. The East Coast line is performing very well in public hands.
James Raw, Chapel-en-le-FrithBring back BR.
Alp Aslan, LondonRe-nationalise the trains.
Jayne Smith, BridportBring the railways back to more rural areas as many lines are still there. It would help get freight off the roads too.
Philip Cotton, MorpethLet’s run the railway as a public service not to make private profit.
Graham Finch, RyeThe Tories thought nationalised rail didn’t work. The French thought it did and bought into our railways. Re-nationalise British Rail so we all can profit.
Raymond Anderson, SnodlandMore jobs, not profit.
Philip Corbould, RugbyI do not drive, I use public transport all the time. It most definitely should be run not-for-profit. It’s a service, not a money-grabbing opportunity, or at least it should be.
W S Stevenson, Weymouth,Open more branch lines too, and forget high speed trains with massive costs. Just arriving on time is OK.
Jason Pak, Worcester ParkConsistently unreliable service which is delayed, cancelled, or re-routed last minute, with over packed trains, and increasing fares. Something needs to change.
Charles Brown, KnaresboroughLet’s go back to a joined-up system.
Arthur Bond, FromeThis government appears to want to privatise anything that moves. Public transport should be in public hands where it serves the people not the profiteers.
Gordon McMillan, HuntingdonIt’s disgraceful that when the government does get hold of a franchise – i.e. East Coast, they can’t wait to float it despite making a profit on it.
Claire Crowley, EdinburghLetting our railways be run by foreign companies just means that the profits will go on improving their own rail networks instead of ours.