Peter Rivet, LancasterWe have to put up with some of the world’s most expensive train fares. Why?
Roy Little, LeicesterPrivatisation has led to poor service and is too expensive. It’s become all about profit for the few.
G. Macleod, BrightonStop privatisation now.
Cyril Osborne, BoltonI think everyone has had enough. I know of constant fare increases, overcrowded trains and delays due to staffing levels.
Geoffrey Gwaspari, BarnstapleThe time is now. End this madness.
Alan Martin, LiverpoolRail and all transport should be a public service, publicly owned and controlled, not the profit making toy of the private sector.
Bee Warren, NottinghamPrivatisation has never improved anything because fragmented systems are like a bunch of unrehearsed musicians playing without a conductor – disharmonious chaos!
Tim Brewin, HerefordIt seems absolutely ridiculous to me to be in a situation where the track owners, train owners and train operators are all different companies.
Helen Scott, Downham MarketKeep staff at small stations. Ticket machines aren’t enough.
M Lovious, LiverpoolI have not used the train more than 4 times since it was de-nationalised.
David Cunliffe, St HelensTransport for the people not for private profit
Michael Chick, St HelensI’m tired of crowded trains and never being on time. Northern has to be one of the worst rail operators – that has been proved, so please take it back.
A W, Manchester£369 Base rate fares? Nothing fair about it.
Brian Shepherd, LeedsJoined-up thinking, not piecemeal profit centres.
Vanessa Martin, BrightonBring back national railways to be proud of. Get us to work on time with a seat. And a clean safe journey for a reasonable price.
Paul Llewellin, BristolStop privatising public services.
Dave Draycott, HalifaxAn efficient, well-run state railway with proper investment. Not subsidised ‘pretend’ markets.
Margaret Garland, AylesburyThe railway network should never have been privatised in the first place.
Mark Barrett, LutonPrivatisation has delivered little or no improvement to the rail network. All we have is higher fares and richer shareholders.
Stephen James Lemon, PortsmouthBritish Rail was far more profitable and efficient and affordable than the current system. Thus we need it back for the future.
David Tandey, MaidstoneThe Tories and Labour are parties of privatisation but with a Socialist now leading Labour we need a system of people before profit
Stewart Moffat, EccleshallFor the people, not for private profit.
Anne Johns, DerbyCutting out the middleman profits and ploughing them back into the service makes total sense. £4m of public money to a private company does not..
Carol Wheeler, NottinghamshirePlease lets have British Rail turned back to British Rail. There have been far too many British industries sold off and not for the best of reasons.
David Bolton, Clacton on SeaI was a railwayman 1952 to 1993 and know that, with good management, a nationalised rail network can succeed.
Richard Moss, ShipleyGreed, greed, greed, greed.
Paul Collins, BristolTickets are ludicrously over-priced. So many people use their cars instead of travelling by train because it’s so expensive.
Martin Hawes, SwindonIt’s a disgrace that the privatised rail service gets three times the subsidy British Rail ever got.
Darren Johnson, ShaftesburyWhat a joke.
Ray Laidlaw, North ShieldsEconomic and reliable rail travel is not a luxury but a requirement for a modern, successful economy. Get rid of the franchises and nationalise the railways.