Alison Hall, WarwickLet’s sort this out so that we aren’t paying different amounts on different lines for the same journey (Birmingham to London for example).
Lee Milne, Great YarmouthRe-nationalise the railways for cheaper fares and better service. Some commuters are paying through the nose for train travel.
Joe Rus, TrowbridgePlease bring back a decent, nationalised rail service that is accountable to its customers and not to shareholders and profiteering executives.
Del Hart, CroydonStop profit for fat cats. Give us a reliable and non profit travel system.
James Woodburne, LiverpoolI’m fed up with getting ripped off by these big private companies.
Robin Clark, BrightonI want a large organisation to run the rolling stock as well as track maintenance. It just makes sense.
G R Parker, TadcasterWhat’s good enough for East Coast and most of Europe should be good enough for the UK.
Chris Barker, LondonIt doesn’t have to be a re-run of BR. There are other ways of having a publicly funded rail system – see Germany for example.
Jillian Wood, LondonEnough. Bring back a public travel service to the public.
Hector, CheshirePrivatisation was overseen by heartless, charmless, gutless, shameless individuals with boundless arrogance and monumentally misguided belief.
Sam Satyanadhan, SouthamptonHaving a publicly-owned transport network (railways and coaches) is essential to the welfare of a nation. The needs of the public should be the priority.
Alison Daly, ShrewsburyPlease re-nationalise and put people before profit.
Paula Marley, SheffieldI love trains and rail travel but cannot afford to use them under the current capitalist system.
Ross Johnson, WorthingBritish Rail was stolen from us. It should be re-nationalised without compensation.
Jessica Clark, PresteigneI’m utterly disgusted with the rail service as it currently runs. I can’t tell you the number of times my journey has been ruined. I’m truly fed up.
James Jackson, BrightonI’m sick of this investing in better trains, when every time I return from abroad, Southern say “the train from Y to X is delayed.”
Peter HallWhere is competition? Branson now has the monopoly and can charge whatever he wants to travel by rail.
David Wallis, GranthamThe current mess is exactly that – a mess.
James Paton, ManchesterI believe in nationalised railways to make them fairer for all users.
Kuldeep Nazran, NorburyTransport is part of our mobility infrastructure. Not a profit opportunity.
Peter Whalen, LeicesterBring back a better version of British Rail.
John Byrne, GatesheadYes, bring back British Rail and re-nationalise all the utility companies which are currently holding the country to ransom (to use a 1970’s phrase.)
Eriks Teteris, ReadingHow could anyone have tried to privatise, and make what is a core service to the nation a profit making industry? Now there’s a good idea to make it all go wrong.
Adam Stacey, WakefieldExtortionate rail fares and ancient, late-running trains. Look at Wakefield Kirkgate. I’ve been told that the train is late due to an abandoned freight train blocking platforms.
Alex Casale, LondonSince this public service was sold off, the taxpayer is still paying large subsidies, even though it has been ‘privatised’.
Odette Gotobed, Milton KeynesMost of us would support this decision. Privatising our railways was a very wrong thing to do.
Tim Jokl, ManchesterOur railway network is a national embarrassment.
Jean Nash, PontefractPlease bring it back.
Trevor Turner, MiddlesbroughBring back our once-thriving Great British Railways. This is what our great nation is good at. After all we were the pioneers of the finest rail network in the world.
Len Clark, LondonThere is no room for the privatisation of our public transport, health, education and public utilities, just for greedy profits.