Niall Campbell, FleetwoodDe-nationalisation was the worst thing to happen to the railways since Beeching. Take them back into public ownership now.
Ian Sambrook, BilstonTake back what is ours., which was stolen.
Denis Rice, NottinghamWe need less fragmentation of services. East Coast line shows again what public ownership achieves for the benefit of all.
Luis Osborne, Bexhill-on-SeaI’m fed up having to get on a bus when I’ve paid for a train. There’s engineering on the lines every weekend.
John Howard, Hemel HempsteadJust another competition mess handed to speculating shareholders to make money at the expense of the commuting populace. Re-nationalise. Re-investment.
Rod Anderson, LondonJust look at East Coast mainline.
Barbara Segal, BristolOur fragmented railways are in a mess – expensive and unreliable. We need a nationalised service where all revenue goes back into the service and not shareholders’ pockets.
Mark Edwards, LancasterIt took 24 hours or so to clear trees off the West Coast mainline on Sunday. I was in a taxi from Lancaster to Edinburgh. It was a shambles.
Charles Billette, Vlastislav, CzI left my native Britain because of Thatcher’s lunatic policies. Destroying the railway system was just one of these. Here you can travel 60 miles for £9.50 return.
P Rum, BrightonLack of visibility on increased fare prices on what service improvements have actually been made versus profits and high corporate wages has caused this dissatisfaction.
Mark Turnock, LondonIt’s not just fares that are shambolic, the state of train manufacturing in the UK is shambolic too.
Tom McGiveron, Lower PeoverThe railways are abysmal. If the railways were run for a good service and not profit more people would use them. And we’d help the environment.
Billy Perrin, CamborneAbout time.
Paul Booth, BedfordI’m sick and tired of paying through the nose and having a rubbish service.
Anna Bartz, LeedsOnce British Rail was the best in the world. Today it is at the bottom of the list. Shame that privatisation created millionaires at passengers’ expense.
Albertina Benedetti-Hall, LondonThere might be a few things the private sector is better suited for than the public, but this is not it. Re-nationalise.
Tessa Bennett, Berwick-upon-TweedBring back British Rail. It belonged to the British people (as did the other commodities) until Mrs Thatcher sold them to her pals.
Richard Norman, SouthamptonPlease bring back a service run for the passengers who use it, and abolish the system which is heavily subsidised by taxpayers to line shareholders’ pockets.
Allan Cook, WaterbeachThe UK has the highest cost for rail travel in the world. Train companies are running monopolies and not providing a good service.
Mike Watkins, ChirburyToo many people can no longer afford to use the railways. The prices are the most expensive in Europe. Profits should be for British people.
Matthew Cockroft, PortsmouthYou have my support.
Robin Michael Tinsley, Church CrookhamBritish Rail were getting there (to quote their advertising slogan) and then those dolts at Whitehall sold it off. Now it’s a shambles.
Les Hughes, WakefieldBring back British Rail and sort out this ludicrous mess. Is there anywhere else in the world where ticket prices for the same journey change from day to day?
Carole Price, HexhamEast Coast is publicly owned, well-run and makes money for us – the public. Let’s see the rest of the network follow suit.
Matt Hessing, IlfracombeBring back British Rail.
Tiffany Francis, StreathamI’m sick of terrible train services and extortionate pricing.
Paul Sheeky, CreweIt’s a national service, so it’s obviously going to be more efficient to run it nationally.
Claire Fitch, St AlbansThe railway should go back to being nationalised. We didn’t have the problems we have today and the pricing was better and you didn’t get ripped off by the train companies.
Enrico Policardo, LondonThe longer this goes on, the harder it will be for people in this country. We want a functional and fair railway system like the rest of Europe.
Bob Hawkes, RomfordI can’t believe people think these companies want to put money into the system. They all want to take it out and that’s Tory policy.