Andrew Smith, WhitchurchLet’s not forget that at Hatfield and Potters Bar people paid with their lives for this privatisation madness. BBBR.
Michael Jinks, Richmond, YorkshireIt’s about time.
Raquel ThokchomRe-open closed lines and stations as well to ease traffic pollution and the loneliness and alienation so many now face.
Patricia McCarthy, Milton KeynesThe management of rail services has been a shambles since privatisation. This essential service needs socially responsible national management.
Steven Powell, LondonEnough of the inefficient, overcharging chancers.
Margaret Campbell, Whitley BayServices are deteriorating rapidly. Stops on Newcastle to Kings Cross have reduced, therefore taking longer to reach destinations, e.g. Letchworth and Stevenage.
Timothy Bell, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe time has come for us to return to a joined-up rail system.
David Freear, LancasterState-owned rail travel in Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, Czech Republic, Russia. We are fools. Sign up.
Cyril Carroll, RuncornIt can’t happen soon enough.
Bruce Asbestos, NottinghamFair railway ticket prices are the path to a zero carbon country!
Lyndon Hughes, HorshamBritish Rail should never have been dismantled in the first place.
Edward Jeavons, CardiffThe ridiculous cost of rail travel is now pricing ordinary people out of this form of transport, causing traffic chaos and more damage to the environment.
Toby Shackleton, LondonPrivatisation has failed. Bring back British Rail for the staff, for the commuters and for the greater good.
Alyson Rennie, NottinghamI moved to Nottingham in 1996 and soon got a job with a company that dealt with British Rail. Soon after that year we had then to deal with all the private companies.
Martyn Morgan, ManchesterWe need a fully integrated rail network, not the disjointed system we have now. We need more freight, need to be able to have track and train as one, not separate.
Jacinta Appleby, LondonIf a national rail works in France, Spain, Italy and Germany, then why not here? Re-instate British Rail.
Hazel Wood, East LintonAny form of public transport should be an integrated public service, designed and operated for the convenience of passengers who pay for it through paying their fares.
Fiona Brice, HoveEnd over-complicated fare structures.
Aaron M, East SussexTicket prices have ballooned since privatisation, as every player in the rail industry whacks up the profit margins.
Timothy Hodgson, BirkenheadThe railways must be brought back into public ownership.
Pier Hausemer, SalisburyIt can be done, if only there is a political will. Do it for the people of Great Britain.
Tom Evans, DoncasterTime for all strategic industries to be run for all the people without profits going to the few.
M Godwin, BathFranchising services to First, South West Trains and other companies is totally pointless and costly.
J Taylor, SwanseaAll rail revenues above cost should go back into the rail network, not fat cats’ pockets.
David Nicholson, LeedsOur railway system is nothing short of a farce. They must be under one control to make them work as one complete unit.
Helen Ferguson, GlasgowMake fares fair!
Coral Jones, LondonRe-nationalise the railways for safer better value travel.
Nicki Saxton, LondonThere needs to be a stop to these high fares.
Harry Merrick, BelfastRailways today are so large, cumbersome and expensive to run it is vital the State takes it all over with nationalisation.
Michele Walker, WoodstockA unified public sector rail network, properly subsidised, should be a much more organised, and profitable venture.