Peter Henderson, Worthing.We need to combine modern-day quality of trains with BR style joined-up service, punctuality and value for money.
Keith Jackson, Stoke-on-TrentThe private sector continually proves itself unworthy of being entrusted with our railways. Enough is enough. Time to take them back.
Helen Stokes, BillericayTerrible over-priced service. Disruption is daily and there is a complacent attitude towards passengers. The rolling stock is old and the trains are dirty and unkempt.
Liam Hamilton, CardiffI’m a Master’s student from Newcastle living in Cardiff. Extortionate rail fares mean that I’ve barely been able to see my family over the last four years.
Stephen Barstow, Malvik, NorwayI have stopped using the railways. It’s just too stressing an experience at all stages from booking to travelling.
Marilyn Bargemann, ManchesterTake us back to proper trains.
Roy Whittles, HuddersfieldWhy should we pay subsidies to these companies in order that they can make a profit?
Alan Pattison, ManchesterYes, I agree to the re-forming of good old British Rail.
Lynn Rimmer, BathThe worst privatisation. Bring it back into public ownership.
Ian Beasley, Stoke-on-TrentOur services belong in public hands. No more private railways or bus services.
Judy Steele, Leamington SpaPrivate ownership doesn’t work for passengers. And re-nationalise buses, energy and the post office as well.
Emma Quinn, LondonThe train lines are currently run like a monopoly so why not re-nationalise them for the nation rather than fat cat businessmen?
Gerry Mooney, PaisleyRe-nationalise the railways now and plan for a long term investment in the most sustainable form of transport.
Neil Tattersall, YorkPrivatisation clearly doesn’t work.
John Batey, BedlingtonIn a mixed economy intelligence, not doctrine, should inform how areas contribute to society. The railways need one overall strategy.
Damian Toal, BrightonI’m sick to death of funding shareholders’ lifestyle over service.
Graeme Dawes, UckfieldLet’s have our National Transport System not for profit.
Niko W, BrightonOh Britannia rules the railwaves.
Tony Armstrong, DoncasterYou just have to look at the money these CEOs of TOCs pay themselves and the countries that the profits go back to just to see that private ownership is not the best.
Ian David, BathStop this fragmented, disjointed shambles and have a railway run for passengers not shareholders.
Theodore Bacon, YorkMaintaining the railway in public ownership, as a vertically organised system, is the only sensible arrangement.
Joseph Kemp, KeighleyDown with our corporate overlords.
John Abbott, LeedsOur railways are overpriced and should be re-nationalised. Privatisation has not been a success.
David Makin, Colwyn BayAnd re-nationalise all other public transport while you’re at it.
Eddie Klos, SheffieldHow can a fragmented service serve the needs of the UK? Co-ordination and integration of all public transport services is what is required, not mindless competition
Robert Mair, ChinleyStop this ridiculous state that British railways are in and re-nationalise them.
Stephen Smith, HawickThere is no need for the profit motive in the rail industry, but a socially-owned network cannot return to the pre-90s. We can learn from the privatisation experiment.
Tony Goode, Newcastle-upon-TyneFares are ridiculously high compared to other EU states. Ticket pricing is a mess. Why is it cheaper to buy 2 tickets Newcastle-York-Manchester than 1 through ticket?
Brian Cane, UttoxeterStop the fat cats getting richer and still costing the taxpayer a fortune in subsidies.
Timothy Hodgson, BirkenheadThe railways must be brought back into public ownership.