Alexander Pike, HastingsI totally agree.
Andrew Wetherall, Ashford, MiddlesexSet train fares at pence per mile. National railcard will bring a third off the price of the journey.
Nik Devlin, LondonI hate how the UK’s train network is falling to bits.
Byron Pull, ColchesterMonopolistic privatisation doesn’t work. No investment, poor performance and profit grabbing results when you try to create a market that doesn’t exist.
Steph Knowles, LeicesterPrivatisation is a disaster – time for new improved renationalisation!
Paul Leyland, ShawPrivatisation has been an expensive shambles, only made banks money, and has backfired as a way of scrapping rail travel.
Martin Davison, ChesterfieldRe-nationalising our railways is the most cost-effective and operationally efficient thing to do. Private monopolies only work for the shareholders – not the customers.
Diane Hibbert, RainworthPeople before profit.
Isabel White, LondonShareholders take money out and contribute nothing. Spend that money where it is needed.
Daisy Mudhead, StevenageThe whole ‘profit for the few’ mentality is ruining the lives of many.
Les Lazell, PeterboroughIt’s our railway and should not be for private profit.
Leslie Rowe, Richmond, North YorkshireVirgin Trains failed to provide an adequate service once before.
Natalie Clarke, LondonEnd privatisation.
Cynthia Roushorn, YorkLet’s go back to the time when we knew what we were going to pay for a trip well in advance and the service was reliable.
Alan Bayes, LondonThe transport system should exist primarily to benefit passengers, not to line the pockets of the likes of Branson.
Alex Holness, ErithBring back British Rail, a real railway service that worked.
JamesWhen it comes to public transport, the green measures the government boasts about are belied when rail companies can increase their fares at will.
Oliver Douglas, HastingsServices are there to serve the people, not grab profit at every opportunity. Unified railways would benefit everybody.
Caroline Raine, OxfordI’m fed up with complicated rip-off fare structures. I don’t want to pay for private companies’ profits. I want to pay for a decent train service.
Colin Dye, Stanstead Abbotts, WareOne of the main reasons I took early retirement from my job as a train driver was privatisation. Profits now come before safety, in my opinion.
Pauline Harrison, SheffieldPlease bring back British Rail to run an efficient and not-for-profit service.
Martin Hawes, SwindonIt’s a disgrace that the privatised rail service gets three times the subsidy British Rail ever got.
John McCarthy, ManchesterRe-regulate buses as well. Cross-subsidise socially necessary routes instead of funding millionaires.
Faisal Hamza, YorkThe whole point of privatisation is competition. There cannot be competition in a sector which cannot duplicate its infrastructure. It causes dreadful service and prices.
Juliet Wilson, EdinburghWe need affordable, interconnected, environmentally friendly rail services.
Kitty Schofield, StockportThe rail network should be run on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of all. There is too much money being made by private companies out of something that’s a necessity.
Shan Oakes, BeverleyRail should be a public service and should not be a cash cow for private companies.
Jean Edwards, Stoke-on-TrentBring the railways back to where they rightfully belong – to the people who owned it before the Thatcherite years.
Tom Faulkner, EastbourneNothing but delays and strikes on Southern. But fares still keep rising. Privatisation is not helping passengers.
Lorraine Martland, Milton KeynesWe need to bring the railways back to the people. It’s getting so that we can’t afford to go to work.