Nick Durkee, HavantSimplify the railways now.
Helene Roberts, CardiffPublic transport should be affordable and not based on profit.
Brian Edge, HolsworthyNationalised industries provide service while privatised industries only want profits at any cost.
Chris Molyneux, NottinghamA public service does not have to make a profit. If it does, it certainly shouldn’t be given to private shareholders. The profit should be re-invested for the public good.
Joe Ramsbottom, UlverstonFragmentation is a disaster for reliability and accountability.
Tim Evans, CamborneIt seems that it is OK for a government enterprise to own our railway, so long as it is German or French.
Alexander Naughton, EdinburghBritain needs public industry.
Rich Fisher, BristolIt must be done properly, and that means taking ownership of all the track, rolling-stock, infrastructure etc.
Lucy Renton, LondonThe train service in this country is vastly overpriced, ticketing system labyrinthine, and not fit for purpose.
Alistair Madden, Walton-on-ThamesTrain prices are far too high.
Simon Reading, SheffieldLet’s save public money by having a nationalised railway.
Peter Wiltsher, Stratford-upon-AvonI think the public not-for-profit company which ran the East Coast line should have been allowed to bid when the contract came up for renewal.
Steve Waldenberg, LeedsWe need a genuine public / worker co-operative and not a railway run by civil servants.
Fergus Calder, BrightonThe toilets on Southern are often closed and the trains in the morning are always late. The full number of carriages are often short, leading to standing room only.
Kathryn Devney, HastingsGive the people who use the trains a fair deal rather than the private companies who put prices up and up. The government don’t do bad out of it either.
John Seymour, SheffieldLet’s have a rail system where customer service not profit is the prime motivating force.
Bronwen Edwards, IlkleyMake our railways something we can be proud of. British Rail.
John Simons, SouthamptonThe entire nation could have cheap, reliable transport if run properly.
David Hill, CreweIt’s criminal what happened and continues to happen to the railway.
Hilary Hillier, BeestonPlease bring back British Rail.
Craig Alexander, AshwellMy train is late 96% of the time in the last 2 years. East Midlands Trains well aware but ignores the issue while taking the full fare – the definition of profit before service.
Jemma Lewis, MaidstoneServices are over-priced and unreliable. A profit-based railway benefits the shareholders, never the passengers.
Anne Vincent, ArundelI am currently not a regular traveller but re-nationalisation is surely the only way to recover our once excellent (environmentally acceptable) system.
Mark Lowe, LlanelliI completely agree.
Levente Varga, HoveThere is absolutely no reason why a one stop journey should cost over £5, especially when some countries offer entire countrywide rail passes for £4. Insane.
Richard Frost, NottinghamIt’s costing the British taxpayer more in subsidies to the train companies than we paid for British Rail. The taxpayer’s money should not be paid out in profits to them.
Paul Taylor, RickmansworthPublic transport should be run by the state on behalf of the people.
Dorothy Robinson, IrchesterThere must be a strict control over the cost of fares for rail travel. It is fast becoming unaffordable to ordinary working class people.
Thomas CoylePut a advert on TV to say Intercity Trains are back, passengers are up and fares are down and boom baby!
Tom Fraser, EdinburghPrivatisation has meant a worse, more expensive service, in prettier uniforms, with less pay for the workforce while a few directors pocket enormous sums.