Martin Keyse, Newport GwentOvercrowded trains, late trains, trains cancelled. It’s happening too often.
Sarah Davis, LondonNo-brainer.
Raymond Sansum, Milton KeynesWe need a unified co-ordinated rail system.
Paul English, EastbourneBring back British Rail.
Stephen Gidley, HaslingdenNationalised public transport works well in lots of other countries.
Elizabeth Plumb, CambridgeDo what other countries do and subsidise the rail network and bring back British Rail. It worked.
Janet Mobbs, StockportThe railways are too important to our economy to be run on market forces. They should be there to deliver a service, not to make private profit.
M Godwin, BathFranchising services to First, South West Trains and other companies is totally pointless and costly.
Colette Leydon, LiverpoolIt should never have been sold.
Linda Urquhart, LoughboroughHow are these money-grabbing and subsidised services better than the old British Rail?
Jackie Davidson, SittingbourneBring back BR for a better service which will also save the country money.
Kevin Wisbey, Bury St EdmundsThey are quite happy to delay passenger trains by late running freight. Once is unfortunate, twice coincidence and fifty times is downright incompetence.
Martin Rayment, LoughboroughI’m sick of paying a ridiculous amount just to travel. I pay taxes and I feel absolutely robbed every time I’m forced to take the train,
John Brunton, LondonWhen New Labour welched on its promise to re-nationalise in 1997, I knew something had gone wrong. It’s time to see the railways benefit people again.
Tracey Brown, BrightonI have been stranded way too much. It was way better with British Rail. It really needs to stop now.
Meic Batten, MaestegThe present set up is wasteful.
Roddie Arnott, EdinburghIt seems sheer folly that as a country we now pay more in state subsidies to the private providers than we ever paid for British Rail
Simon Bell, TorpointPrivatisation has failed the passengers and serves only the shareholders of the rail companies. Re-nationalised and run efficiently East Coast line shows public success.
Gillian Codling, BarnetPublic services should never never be privatised. A re-unified national rail network is the way forward.
Kieran O’Dea, BostonEast Coast worked.
Joy Edwards, BradninchClean, comfortable, punctual trains with pleasant staff. Re-open branch lines with good connections. All this would greatly relieve congestion on the roads.
David Harrison, NorthamptonWe might end up with a service that is on time and actually runs, not one that is consistently late, packed all the time and with engineering works all the time.
Brendan Sullivan, St Leonards-on-SeaOne rail network with proper funding and trains on time. Let’s get it.
Reiko Hara, LondonIt’s a great idea. The way it was privatised was absolutely crazy. The railway system should be efficient, punctual and user-friendly.
Patsy Willis, St AlbansI am all for this. The railways are a shambles at the moment and too expensive. BR will be much better and end all the nonsense with fares.
Will Britain, Sutton BengerMy name is Britain and I still hate this sodding country.
Richard Campbell, HuntingdonIt seems that over the years the whole country has been flogged off to private business, and look at the mess we are in. It’s time to put an end to this rip-off now.
Robbie Penford Baker, EdinburghBring back British Rail, sensible pricing and service.
Charles Regan, WolverhamptonEnd this rip-off of passengers and taxpayers by private corporations. Put people and an integrated transport system ahead of private profit.
Nick Posford, RedhillTFL shows how one centralised control of a transport network can benefit passengers by keeping fares low and co-ordinating everything together.