Rich Larkin, SunderlandInfrequent, unaffordable and useless shareholder-focused. This is the reality of rail travel in the UK 2014. British Rail was better for us the people and we want it back.
Christine Entwisle, LondonYes please. I am sick of all these different companies and the fact that the government has to subsidise them in any case.
Matthew Workman, WarringtonI work in Signalling Operations for Network Rail. Schedule 8 payments are government subsidies to private companies. Bring back British Rail.
Gareth Greenslade, BristolPublic money pouring into private pockets can only be justified if the private system worked better. It does not. So, please bring back state-owned British Rail.
John Butler, StrabaneApplication of honest good sense on this matter is long overdue.
Kevin Price, NottinghamTrains should be accessible and far more affordable over longer distances, rather than using a car and the expense of fuel. Also more employment should be created.
David Abbott, FranceIf only Miliband had some guts and re-nationalised the whole shebang of former public industries.
Mike Conley, KidlingtonPrivatisation of public utilities has been a colossal failure and has served only to enrich the already wealthy. Nationalise public utilities now.
Nicholas John, CardiffI would class China as a country with levels and standards below ours. Their rail service is amazing.
Tim Mapston, LondonThey should never have been sold off in the first place.
Barbara Hastings, NottinghamThe privatised system doesn’t work. Nightmare pricing, poor service.
Lesley Jones, HullIt just makes sense to me – people before profit. That goes for all the other utilities (gas/electricity/water) that have been privatised for the rich to make more money.
Tim Shufflebotham, CanterburyOne rail network always worked better. Plus the industry could go 24hr to meet today’s demands of work/social gatherings, providing more jobs. Also trains every 20mins.
Mark Parsons, BristolSave the planet. Give us a better public transport system.
Peter Fisher, YorkWhat would BR look like now if all the money wasted in privatisation had been invested in BR.
Jeanette Harold, ConsettNational transport should belong to the nation.
Paul Heath, SpennymoorHow many other countries’ railways are private? Not many and look at the service they provide.
Peter Manuel, StornowayEast Coast was a excellent service. Why let Virgin take it over? ScotRail is a disaster – dirty, unpunctual trains.
Paul Geraghty, WarringtonRe-nationalise British Rail to be run for the people not private profit. You know it makes sense.
Robin Marks, RamsgateIt’s time to stop funding private companies’ profits.
Tim Singleton, Ashton-under-LyneBring it back.
Hannah Mordin, CambridgeIt’s a shocking current service. Every six months ticket prices rise yet there’s no improvement to the service. There are delays every day.
Lena Shukla, LondonOver-priced, badly run, a shambles that is our railway system. Bring back a unified British Rail that is affordable and reliable.
David McintoshWe are fed up and angry at the blatant disregard for what is a vital piece of our economic infrastructure and what made Britain a leader in engineering world.
Natasha Yee-KingThis should never have been privatised and, compared to other European countries, rail services in the UK are inefficient and overpriced.
Terence Charles Maddocks, BirminghamThat should never have de-nationalised it.
Alice SavilleThe train ticket lottery is madness, and the obvious lack of true competition between companies is hindering rail transport development.
Norah Stuchfield, FleetwoodIt would be nice to have the trains back running from Fleetwood to other parts of the country again so that people can travel to work.
Jean Taylor, SelbyI travelled as a student on BR with ‘Passenger luggage in advance.’ Where are such services now? It’s all about money.
Peter Wilson, GlastonburyThey should not have been privatised in the first place. Like all the utilities they belong to the people and not private companies.