Marek Kazmierski, LondonOnly the corporations that own the railways can now afford to buy their staff tickets to commute to work on the railways. Do please give us our railways back.
David Otterson, BillinghamUK railways are years behind most developed countries. There is little incentive for investment in the current fragmented set-up with relatively short franchises.
Paul Wheeler, BirminghamBring back British Rail. Simplify train fares – one ticket and price for any train, not separate tickets for Virgin, Cross Country, London Midland etc.
Steve Adie, CarlisleRe-nationalise the railways and make them better. There are too many top bosses getting crazy pay and bonuses which should be used to improve the network.
Ellie Harrison, GlasgowA new British Rail should reinstate that proud public service ethos by giving passengers and employees more control over how it’s run.
Margaret Worrall, AberdourScotRail has been taken over by Abellio, an apparently good Dutch company, from First, a crap Scottish company. All British public ownership would seem a better idea.
Elizabeth Cleere, RyeThe railways should be available to everyone, and serve every part of the country. They should not be another way for a handful of already rich people to get even richer.
Liz Walthew, DunsRailways are a national asset and should belong to the people.
Janet Goodall, HarwichIf railways were nationalised, we could pay people to be station staff instead of paying them to be out of work.
George Odlum, LondonRail enthusiast from London. Bring back British Rail.
Ron Green, BroomLet us try to recover from the privatisation disaster of John Major’s government.
Bradley Reynolds, BirminghamI was born in 1996 so wasn’t there to witness British Rail, but still think it’s a good idea to stop the overpriced complications that we have today.
Damon Cocker, NorwichI don’t drive at the moment and cycle/use the trains but the astronomically high fares mean I’m considering getting a car, which I would hate to do
Charlie McIlwain, Roundhay, LeedsPassengers shouldn’t have to pay more than ever for a system that’s getting *worse* than ever – that just doesn’t make any sense. Private railways aren’t working.
John Brice, UlverstonAnything to keep the fares down.
Duncan Harris, Melton MowbrayPrivatisation has been an unmitigated disaster.
Chris Kellett, SheffieldThe railways were built for the public to use. We should be the ones to make the decisions etc.
Jennifer Ross, BedlingtonInstead of subsidising shareholders, we should be making profits for the benefit of the entire population of the UK.
Peter Bowyer, CarlisleAll the European countries with fast, modern, efficient railways (France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland etc.) have unified systems. It’s not rocket science.
Steve Rhodes, DoncasterEven the USA’s train system is a publicly funded one.
Danfox Davies, BournemouthBeeching made the railways fail. To rebuild their strength bring back British Rail.
Ross Bennett, YorkI’m tired of massive subsidies going into dividends instead of service.
Roger Dickings, PeterboroughLet’s get rid of the fat cats who only want profits instead of service. Let’s start thinking of the people who travel and the staff who work for them.
Nick Weeden, ManchesterBring back a nationalised rail system rather than the broken current system run by profiteers.
Mark Edward, LeicesterOur trains could be a force for green, accessible, fairly-priced travel, rather than solely an extortionate money-making operation for uncaring corporations.
Peter Pilbeam, StockportI have just travelled on a very overcrowded train from Leeds to Manchester with 3 coaches instead of the booked 6.
Peter Thompson, BristolPrivatisation was an absurd reversion to the 19th Century. Let’s get back to the 21st.
Edith Davidson, InnerleithenThe East Coast line was much better until it was yet again given to a private company.
Ernie Hill, West BromwichI support you all the way.
Charles Peaker, WakefieldBring back common sense and rid crowded coaches of ill thought out coach design which lead to health and safety issues.