Edward Antonyuk, LondonExpensive AF.
Christopher MaddenAt least a re-nationalised rail service will be accountable to its users.
Jeff Hemmen, LondonAs a foreigner who now lives in the UK, I still cannot believe how expensive (and otherwise capitalist) trains in the UK are, and that the British people let this happen.
Peter Neal, RomfordBring back British Rail to keep fares down with profit going back into the railway and not to shareholders.
Sarah Carley, LondonIt should never have been privatised. Over priced, badly managed and most profits go abroad.
Paul Cockerton, LondonThanks.
Gareth Davies, SwanseaBring back British Rail. Stop corruption and greed in the privatised sector.
Charlotte Eaton, St AlbansPeople not profit. Yes.
Shaun Hall, HalsteadSince privatisation, about the only thing which I can see which has improved is the coffee. Trains are still late, overcrowded and staggeringly expensive.
Catherine Parfitt-EvansI’m completely disgusted with all aspects of the rail service in the UK since its privatisation. Extortionate fares, constantly late trains, penalisation of customers.
Andrew McIntosh, HebburnWe need this and the utility companies back as the competition route isn’t working.
Ann Brown, LincolnBritish Rail was far better than any other rail company. I started work for them. Regional Railways again was a good company and then things started getting worse.
Tom Daly, EdinburghBring back our rail service. It was a service, not a business.
Harvey Gelder, PontefractPrivatisation has put profit before safety.
Frances Tham, LondonThis Government should be sacked.
Colin Nicholson, EdinburghPrivatisation of publicly owned assets is theft.
Stephen Holmes, WakefieldThe privatisation of an integrated railway system has been a failure. It has brought nonsensical fare structures. Many trains are simply not fit for purpose.
Scott Hollingsworth, LichfieldOur daughter’s father-in-law is a director of SNCF and was gob-smacked visiting us by train. Frequently he asked “Why?” Credible responses are difficult in an asylum.
Stephen Robinson, NortholtOverpriced, over complicated. I was stuck in Southampton and needed to beg a rival train company to get me home. It’s pathetic.
Christopher Fazey, ChesterIn a world where our “public” services just keep getting worse and worse, please see sense.
Kayla Ente, BrightonChris Grayling has now conceded that the trains and the tracks need to be operated by the same entity. Therefore, re-nationalisation is now imperative.
Elaine Barraud, GodalmingOur rail system should be run purely for public service as it is in a lot of other European countries.
Patricia Steeden, WatfordThe franchising and ticketing for privatised railways is ridiculous. Bring back British Rail which my father worked for many years.
Shane Storrow, PembrokeshireBring back BR.
Matthew Edwards, LondonStop the great train fare robbery. Bring back accountability and stop giving taxpayers’ money to private companies to do what British Rail did far better for far less.
Richard Chappell, WalsallThe days of the Big Four are gone. We need a well run and managed national transport system as seen in other European countries.
Lorraine Ellison, LoughboroughA day out in London would be nice, but it’s too expensive for most folk.
Aj Dehany, LondonWe pay far more in subsidies than we would if we just owned the railways. The service is disconnected and prohibitively expensive.
Anne Mead, TewinAs a social necessity, trains cannot provide an effective and fair service run on a ‘for profit only’ basis.