Susan Englefield, LondonPeople before profit.
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.
Paul Wheeler, StaffordLast train from Birmingham to Stafford on a Saturday night is 10.35. This is 2017, this is the future, not 1918. A system that works for the customers not the shareholders please.
Albert Mitchell, DundeeI think I could get something going in Dundee.
Brian Hamill, BallymenaIt is high time the government started to provide efficient and effective railway transport in the UK.
Dexter Dennis, ChalkwallThe new timetable does not work.
John White, LoughtonIt just proves that privatisation does not work.
Denny Evans, FlintAs a frequent rail traveller, I find the services in this country dreadful. The North Wakes Coast trains are being run in an unsafe and dangerous manner with no care.
Charles Peaker, WakefieldBring back common sense and rid crowded coaches of ill thought out coach design which lead to health and safety issues.
Carolyn Mayfield, OkehamptonWe need proper services, proper pricing which is comprehensible and trains that are affordable and usable. I would use a train to commute to work if I could.
Niall Mason, WhittonThe cost of commuting by train Is disproportionately more expensive in the UK than in the rest of Europe. It’s disgusting.
Douglas Neal, WoolerI think that any company which is meant to provide a public utility service should be run by the government with any profits generated going directly back into it.
Rachel Pinder, HitchinNationalised railways belong to the nation. Privatised ones belong to the shareholders who can sell their shares to anyone they like…
Hugh Davies, AberdareThey should never have been sold off.
Richard Grant, Long EatonWith a better pricing strategy we can open the arteries to the cities and towns, moving the work force better and reducing the carbon footprint.
Alex Baxter, HarwichImprove the connections of the trains and make them run on time.
Colin Telford, TruroStinky dirty two-carriage boneshaker trains, overcrowded in summer. Even when the insides are renovated they still leave grime in the recesses.
Jake O’Leary, CheltenhamPrivate rail companies provide services that are over-priced and poorly run. Re-nationalise public transport and run it for people, not profit.
Martin Tulloch, LondonIt is unacceptable that we have the most expensive rail system in Europe by a significant margin, yet blatant profiteering is happening within the current rail operators.
Michael Hawkins, BarnsleyReturn what you have taken from us. Make the public aware that they themselves could make the decisions which control policy directives, therefore eradicating faults.
Simon West, LondonPrivatisation clearly has not worked — our trains are more expensive and provide worse service than those in mainland Europe. We need to re-take control of them.
John Cooper, SheffieldYes, re-nationalise the railways.
Leigh Pankhurst, NorwichPrivatising the rail network was the most stupid idea ever. It is now taught on the continent in economic degrees as an example of gross mismanagement.
Martin Ludford, PeterboroughAt last, I have found a campaign group dedicated to re-nationalisation of the rail network. The current system in the hands of private ownership is totally dysfunctional.
Christopher Morton, DurhamI am not a believer in nationalisation unless it is an obvious choice. How else can a population which is now so diverse move across the country without cars?
David Pardy, ChristchurchWe need a national rail operator. In a small way East Coast Trains have shown what high standards can be achieved outside the private sector.
Stephen James Lemon, PortsmouthBritish Rail was far more profitable and efficient and affordable than the current system. Thus we need it back for the future.
Phil McFadden, Pembroke DockThis was one of the great British institutions. It literally united the country.
Stephen Shaw, LesmahagowVery expensive.
Andrew Flatley, DudleyThey should never have been privatised.