Rowan Brock, ChesterJust because London is where the money is, it isn’t where all the people are. We deserve better, not for the profits, but because we deserve and need it.
Fred Green, CanterburyPublic ownership is best for the people and country.
Kathy Fletcher, CoventryRail is an essential part of the national infrastructure.
Doreen McCarthy, GatesheadI agree with what has already been said.
Mike Gotteri, SheffieldRailways, like many national services, should be run and owned by the state. We used to have the best railway in the world, which was chopped up and spoiled.
Ray Laidlaw, North ShieldsEconomic and reliable rail travel is not a luxury but a requirement for a modern, successful economy. Get rid of the franchises and nationalise the railways.
Ian Hendry, PerthOne company, one goal.
Dave Lee, DartfordAn affordable and functional public transport system is necessary for a nation to thrive.
Teresa Price, BarnsleyThe railways now are such a mess – very overpriced, because of the ‘competition’. What is the point of saying more? We all know.
Louis Stephenson, FarehamPrivatisation of the railways created the TOCs (Train operators) and ROSCOs (Train leasing companies) all wanting a share of the subsidies. How can it not cost more?
Nicola Raymond, MaidenheadI want to fight the privateers.
Alex Harvey, SheringhamNationalise public transport.
Steven Benson, YorkPut customer service before profit and stop this ideological nonsense.
Rebecca Armstrong, ManchesterHow are we supposed to fight climate change when it is nearly half the price for me to travel by car from London to Manchester, than get an off peak advance train?
Roger Chiswick, HuddersfieldRail privatisation has been a disaster.
Tony Wilmot, BirminghamIt’s not all about profit.
Debbie Horn, BlackpoolI come from Blackpool to Manchester each day for work. This costs £3236 per year. The trains are old, dirty and generally not up to standard with the amount I am paying.
Lisa Nesbitt, Southend-on-SeaDe-privatise the railway.
N Summerson, LutonProfits should not be used to pay shareholders, they should be used to improve services.
Neville Hymus, LiverpoolWe need more control of the costings and fares.
Sue Edwards, CheltenhamA cohesive national rail service that belongs to the people rather than to private operators is what is needed. Currently it is disjointed and expensive.
Sara Browne, BedfordThe privatisation of British Rail should never have happened in the first place. Typical Tories ran it into the ground and then sold it off at a massive loss.
Edward Pentney, TauntonRe-nationalise now.
Allan Savage, CramlingtonBritish Rail should never have been privatised for it belongs to the people.
Max Burton, ManchesterJust look at East Coast. We in the North could do with a bit of that.
Sharon Borthwick, LondonOur rail, our gas, our electricity, our commons, our streets in the hands of profiteers. I hope they shall soon perish.
William Boyd, WareI’m a recent convert after travelling on state-owned railways in Europe – cleaner, cheaper, air-conditioned, punctual.
Stephen Done, New BrightonI totally agree. A national railway is the only way to run a vital passenger and freight-carrying network. The privateers need to be banished from our railways.
Richard Treloar, PortsmouthI’ve just travelled back from Germany and I am clearly envious of their equivalent of BR. If they can do it, then we can do the same.
Eleni Stavrou, DerbyPublic services are becoming a system of exploitation against the people who must use them, and in fact work for them.