Lindsey March, Kings LangleyIn Italy. 9 euros gives me 5 hours of clean, modern, punctual rail travel. It is essential that we give people an affordable alternative to car travel to save the planet.
David Pears, Milton KeynesService and passengers before profit. Many rely on rail.
Bryan White, DerbyThe worst thing ever to happen to this country closely followed by gas and electricity privatisation
Aaron Watkins, BardseaYes, stop the obscene rail prices. Bring back British Rail.
Arn Dekker, CambridgeIf so many European countries believe their railways should be nationalised, why should Britain not follow their wisdom?
Joel Kosminsky, LondonNo transparency, hidden profits, astronomic fares, staff bullied and degraded. That’s privatisation. BR wasn’t brilliant but it was ours, accountable and it worked.
Jozef Tipson, GloucesterBring back the glory days of British Rail travel.
Alan Cole, OxtedWhat a waste. Bring back BR who ran a service for the people not the shareholders or franchises.
Marc Seccombe, DoncasterIf it can be as good as East Coast.
Patsy Willis, St AlbansI am all for this. The railways are a shambles at the moment and too expensive. BR will be much better and end all the nonsense with fares.
Albert Welch, Houghton-le-SpringJust one of the many privatisations of public services undertaken during the Thatcher regime, all of which have been a total disaster for working families and communities.
Warren Sherwin, BoltonA privatised rail network can’t work, does not work and will never work.
Alan Roberts, DingwallPublic rail transport isn’t working. It’s no longer a reliable way of getting to where you need to be on time. In the north of Scotland people are returning to their cars.
Richard Wells, St AustellThey should never have been sold in the first place.
Terence Dixon, WalcoteThe privatisation of the rail industry was done on a false premise and poor model of operation. Railways worldwide need subsidy as they are vital services. Nationalise.
Catherine Kell, LondonI use the service monthly and it felt better when run by the government. I also object to tax payer bail out.
Mike Hellyer, LondonWhat does ‘peak time’ even mean? So I have to pay more, but it’s highly likely I might not even get on my train, let alone get a sea. It should be the complete opposite.
Evan Wyatt, OxfordWe need the best days of our rails back. Privatisation has caused such a decline of our railway system, it’s time to nationalise them again.
David Olivier,Keep up the fight.
Mark Leith, ManchesterIt is insane that we have a system of legalised highway robbery, where we pay more now to private firms for them to make a profit.
Ruth Atkinson-Wilks, BristolI just tried to book a day return journey to take my son to London for the day (leaving after 9.30am) in 3 weeks time and the cheapest option was £60. This is shocking.
Mohammed Ali, BirminghamIt’s cheaper for me to travel to London by car than it is to go by train. Plus I get a seat as opposed to sitting on the floor like my last two journeys.
Ray Watson, WesterhamThe railways should serve the people, not Network Rail directors.
John Hearn, RotherhamThe railways, along with the utilities, should be for the benefit of all and not for profit for the privileged.
Hannah Straw, NottinghamTrain travel is now prohibitively expensive. Smaller stations are not serviced, meaning that only wealthy people who live in well-connected places can use it.
Vera Kempe, StonehavenRe-nationalisation should improve the (practically non-existent) service and make operating the rail system more efficient. It’s an absolute disgrace at present.
Penny Wilcox, ExeterAs a regular traveller I care passionately about rail travel. Under unified, coherent, public management/ownership it would be so much better.
Paul Kerr, EdinburghTwo private companies have failed with East Coast, yet the government owned set-up returns a profit. East Coast proves the case for nationalisation.
David Gray-Clough, HarrogateThey were told it wouldn’t work. No other country has such a fragmented system. Unify the lot, track, signalling, rolling stock and stations.
Jamie Ward, CreditonGiven the state of rail travel at the moment: late trains, high fares and little to no innovation, we should bring back British Rail.