Teresa Wormald, KnaresboroughThe system requires unification. Trains used to connect with one another but no longer do so. Ticket purchase was much simpler and the ticket was valid for all lines.
James Sinclair, JerseyIt costs more in subsidies now. Your logo is facing the wrong way. I was a BR man for 17 years.
Mark Harmelen, ManchesterSo the Government is giving its mates the East Coast line, rather than have it return, as now, a nice profit for the UK as a whole. Sick.
Tom Hirsch, NorthamptonNo competition equals high prices and bad service when there’s no alternative.
Roy Humphrey, BexleyThe railways should never have been taken out of public ownership. Plough all profits back into investment.
Jeff Coombs, BournemouthBring back British Rail and make Britain’s railways something to be proud of.
Robert Macdonald, HalifaxKeep the guard on the train and keep the trains safe. Bring back British Rail.
Catherine Spink-White, PerthWe must get back for the people what the British taxpayer laboured long and hard for.
James Woodburne, LiverpoolI’m fed up with getting ripped off by these big private companies.
David Pointon, Scholar GreenRail services are only marginally better than when the line opened.
Daphne Gilbert, StocksfieldThe only way to control prices is for profits for the railways themselves, not foreign shareholders.
Eric Lorriman, PontefractPrivatisation hasn’t worked./ It’s the same with hospitals. Bring back nationalised services.
Matthew Meadows, LondonI’m all for nationalising all forms of ‘public’ transport.
David Haimes, BarnsleyNever have so few robbed so many.
Richard King, BristolRe-nationalise now.
Matthew Lee, LondonIt’s time to bring back the public service ethos in our railways.
Ronald Fay, GatesheadBring back British Rail – back into this country’s hands, not those of foreign companies.
Ashley Beavis, CleethorpesBring back British rail to save splitting train tickets because of different train operators on our network.
JamesI support you fully against this greed and want the link broken between private corporations and ministerial back-scratching.
Paul Hampson, CarlisleAnything’s better than this!
Ian Crombie, BasingstokeBring back BR.
Jan Van ‘T Zand, KiltarlityI knew British Rail from years ago and a lot has changed, not all for the better.
Richard Barraball, BrightonThere should be investment in longer platforms and trains so that each ticket sold also has a seat. Also commuter only trains during rush hours so nobody has to stand.
Christopher Dixon, BidefordDo it – and stop HS2.
David Challis, MacclesfieldTravelling on railways in Europe shows us up. Elsewhere, better and cheaper. Privatisation has been a massive fraud against the public
Ken Dixon, Harare, ZimbabweDe-privatisation and de-Beeching essential to the nation.
Sarah Kay, LondonThe Post Office too while you’re at it.
Alan Frost, EastbourneTrain fares should be reduced when bus replacement service is in operation and notification of why it has been necessary.
Andrew England, St AlbansSpending billions on HS2 when it’s cheaper to drive. If the government is committed to bringing emissions from traffic down then rail travel needs to be made competitive again.
Leon SalterNo competition, no investment, still being subsidised with taxpayers’ money going into private hands and outrageous fare rises.