Chester Reed, Newton AycliffeIt’s disgusting how they let these private companies run riot on fares. We should be able to jump on a train on the day at similar costs to the rest of mainland Europe.
Leslie Scaife, SouthportApart from the massive debt, fares have risen out of all proportion and they are still getting funding from the public purse. Shareholders win and taxpayers lose.
Dawne Gardner, NottinghamStop the stupid new lines that save 20 mins and rebuild the ones closed by Beeching. We need East to West connections.
Richard Spencer, ChippenhamIs the BR logo meant to be the wrong way round? Seriously the main aim must be to simplify the industry and reduce the number of expensive interfaces that currently exist.
Katie Bottomley, HalifaxI’m looking forward to the day when public transport works for the public.
Clive Pinnock, MaryportBring back British Rail.
Caroline Lewis, Ellesmere PortI hate the private trains and the prices are out of order.
Rosemary Scott, ChesterOf course all public services should be owned by the state, i.e. us. This includes railways.
A Meredith, LondonTrain services are too complex and overpriced and the service is certainly no better than BR was.
Roger Morris, HonitonI would use the train, but it is so prohibitively expensive to use, that I go everywhere by car, and have done since it was privatised.
Conor Cusack, LondonBring the railways back into public hands. East Coast is performing well right now.
Tate Matthews, ChertseyIt should be a public service not a profit-making organisation.
Claire O’Kell, YorkSome 35 years on from Thatcher, it’s time the government owned up that privatised bodies are far costlier than national ones.
David Moy, BoltonPrivatisation doesn’t work on all routes – Virgin is OK but Northern is an example of appalling service, crammed in like cattle, dirty old rolling stock and what about H and S?
Keith Lawson, Newcastle upon TynePrivatisation of the network has been a total failure. The passenger has been failed at every turn, with only the shareholder and management profiting.
Andrew Rogers, ShropshireFranchised rail is ludicrous. Just look at the success of Germany’s DB rail to see that the UK needs to return to a unified railway system.
Lee Milne, Great YarmouthRe-nationalise the railways for cheaper fares and better service. Some commuters are paying through the nose for train travel.
Garreth Maguire, PrestatynWe need railways that are owned by the state and public passengers and freight. They should never have got rid of British Rail and we want it back.
Monique Van Beek, CambridgeAn absolute disgrace – the expense, the bad service, the delays, the uncertainty. I say, nationalise the lot. It can’t possibly get any worse.
Kevin Russell, BradfordIncreased passenger numbers on the nationally-owned East Coast have proved that we can make a profit with a fully-integrated, nationalised railway system.
Dennis Bridges, LondonDo I need to explain why bringing the train network back in house is a good thing? Surely the greedy mismanagement of the private sector has already done it.
Matthew Macaulay, CoventryFares keep rising, and as a result I have found more people becoming unable to commute to work with us.
Crispin Howell-Jones, RomfordThe effect of privatising the railways has been that we pay vastly more than we need for our tickets and vastly more to subsidise the companies as well.
Jacqueline Kennett, SidmouthIt’s a disgusting state of affairs.
Simon Oxford, HerefordThe popularity, price and efficiency of our rail network has deteriorated for long enough.
Andy Morten, FromeIt’s about time somebody seriously considered this.
David Cook, Newcastle-upon-TyneFar too many cost centres in what was always a crazy privatisation.
Richard Painter, Waltham CrossLet those currently running the Great Northern line run the rest of the railways. They are doing a better job than the rest already.
Sharon Jenner, TelfordPrivatisation does not work.
Michael Apostolou, WorthingI am a Londoner, and one of the reasons why I left for the South Coast was because of the disgrace that is public transport. I support re-nationalisation fully.