Louise Coke Norris, FromeAffordable rail travel, accessible to all, is needed to avert an environmental catastrophe.
Sue Brooks, HarlowI’m fed up with trains being late, dirty seats, and the price of tickets. I travel from Harlow to Great Yarmouth and it’s gone from under £40 to nearly £57. That’s disgusting.
Diana Lauder, WakefieldPrivatisation rarely works for the average person. East Coast was doing so well so why did that have to change?
Stephen Goodfellow, BradfordEast Coast RIP.
Joyce Stocks, MorpethIt is high time that something Great and British was restored.
David Kernohan, AvonBritish Rail was cheaper and was more efficient.
Ian Sharman, NorwichStop crippling your own workforce by making it more difficult and expensive to get to work.
Chris Uren, BracknellI used to work for BR at Reading, loved every minute of it then they privatised it and it lost its attraction.
Mehdi Mir, SheffieldThe government subsidises rail, passengers pay unbelievable fairs and private firms take huge profits.
Andy Beech, CaerphillyLet’s get back to the days when it worked.
Tim Zacharia, CroydonThe only people who will benefit from this are the shareholders who will be fleecing the general public.
Marcus Dillistone, HexhamBritain’s railway system is in no-man’s-land comprising the worst of both worlds, and is thus unfit for purpose.
Rosie Hucklesby, ColchesterAs someone who’s travelled on the East Anglia services for a long time, every franchise we’ve ever had has failed. Time to re-nationalise.
Malcolm Law, YorkThe carriage works in York were closed at the time of privatisation and rail fares are far too high. A bloody disgrace.
Stephen Millership, StockportIt’s great that we finally have a forum to help put an end to this crazy state of affairs that is rail privatisation.
Craig Alexander, AshwellMy train is late 96% of the time in the last 2 years. East Midlands Trains well aware but ignores the issue while taking the full fare – the definition of profit before service.
Richard Smith, EastleighBring back British Rail.
Peter King, OxfordAs a regular but decreasingly frequent user of the railways, I’ve experienced how bad things are on the network.
Ray Butler, ManchesterHow much improvement in services could have been funded by the wasteful franchise process?
Roger Payne, HarpendenThere are some services and utilities that are too important to be in private hands, energy, health, education amongst them.
Michael Howarth, DoverI worked for British Rail and, although it was too top heavy (like Network Rail now – too many managers) it cared about the track and people.
Jon Hassall, CreweI started on the RTS back in 1989, then was a guard and was made a driver in 1996. BR days were so much better than today’s railways.
Rosemary CharlesDelighted to find a group which thinks as I have done since privatisation of the railway.
Phil Fletcher, BarnetI find current rail prices complete madness. How many drive to work because of them?
Pip Tindall, BrightonRailways should be run for public need not private greed, and for all of us to make use of.
Maureen Farrar, MexboroughPrivatisation of the railway system has done little for the people of this country, except to bring them larger fares, so I say Bring back British Rail.
Guru Krishnamurthy, LondonIt is high time we reclaimed the railways which should be a public service. Public money should never be paid to supplement private sector profits, as is being done now.
Robert PrideauxPublic transport’s aim should be to mobilise the masses as cheaply as it can, offering them freedom and increasing the UK’s potential. Profit stands in the way of this.
Charles Peaker, WakefieldBring back common sense and rid crowded coaches of ill thought out coach design which lead to health and safety issues.
Allan Orrick, PrudhoeEast Coast is making money and is feeding that money into Treasury coffers. Why not take back the whole network and make it work for the country, not the money grabbers?