Susannah Lord, NorwichOur rail service is very unreliable, expensive and non-too-clean. I would like it to be run for the users, not shareholder profits.
Christopher Shaw, Berwick-upon-TweedEast Coast is a good service and is profitable in public ownership. Keep it that way.
John Peter Anderson, Newcastle-upon-TyneLet us see a genuine transport system made for the 21st Century. Britain is way behind Europe in rail travel. Think people not profit.
Frank Lawson, HalifaxThe privatisation of our railways by the Thatcherite Tories has been a theft of massive proportions that must be reversed. It was totally immoral.
Dan Edwards, LondonThe privatisation of public services was and is the most short-sighted planning possible. Bring them back and put the profits back into society, not private pockets.
Thomas John Wheeler, DyfedCosts on the railways are out of control and the private operators are making artificial profits paid for by the taxpayer.
Malcolm Cobden, WorthingPlease, for the sake of everyone bring back British Rail.
Andy Blanchflower, GatesheadJust watch Caroline Lucas’s and Ellie Harrison’s You-tube clips from my party conference. They’re excellent. Reducing fares by 18% would help to make train travel affordable.
Mark Campey, HarrogateWhere I live the rail network is primitive, i.e. diesel trains every half an hour between Leeds and York.
Alison Gibney, St AlbansWe need continuous long-term investment in our rail services and the only way to achieve that is through public ownership.
Jonathan How, PenzanceI have just travelled by train from Aberdeen to Penzance and was appalled by the lack of brand co-ordination. It’s a marketing nonsense.
J G Smid, WansfordPrivatisation made UK rail fares the most expensive in Europe.
Mary Adams, Newcastle-upon-TyneI am sick of being held to ransom by rip-off companies who put up prices and don’t pay proper taxes. Bring back British Rail and give us a service that is ours.
Iain Wilson, DerbyIt’s time to stop the rip-off and return money to the tax payer not pay out billions to shareholders for poor quality service and standards.
Charlotte Moncrieff, BrightonThe last train journey I made was a nightmare and the toilets were broken and/or filthy.
Dan Burgess, BathA flourishing, resilient equitable society needs affordable public transport. My train fares are like a second mortgage., and the service is poor.
William Holyday, LondonI hate the privatisation of public services.
Daniel Sargent, Newcastle-upon-TyneRailways must be nationalised. They should never have been privatised. It’s a service not a business.
David Alcock, GlasgowHow stupid. Virgin’s Glasgow to Birmingham trains are diesel, but the line is electrified – the price of fragmentation.
Mary Watson, LondonI am sick of public money subsidising private companies and shareholders. Give it back to us – we paid for it after all!
Alex Harvey, SheringhamNationalise public transport.
Honor Melissa Hieatt, ColchesterBring back British Rail.
Liz Moon, LetchworthAs soon as possible.
Ellie Rigby, LondonBring back British Rail.
Steve Austin, BirminghamIt’s wrong that we subsidise the railways only for private business to make huge profits for themselves.
John Ball, SheffieldThe railway companies are only interested in profiteering with over-inflated prices and no customer care.
Sophia Behn, WorthingI have travelled on the (now Southern) route for 18 years and the way it is now is awful. No toilets or heating, rude staff, constant delays and cancellations.
Marilyn Tsiorvas, SheffieldThe current situation of private companies is chaotic and inefficient for customers and increasingly impoverishing for us and enriching for the shareholders.
Sheila Gray, MiddlesbroughIt’s disgraceful that private rail still receives government subsidies. So re-nationalise rail and subsidise it properly.
David Robinson, SheffieldNo compensation to shareholders. After all, they got the shares at a knock-down price.