Luke Phillips, LiverpoolTrain ticket prices are ridiculous and the rail services are bad compared with other European countries.
Sally RennerThe sums just don’t add up. I would like my train journey to be cheaper than car travel or at least not wildly more expensive.
Peta-Jane Ditchburn, AndoverIt was a lot better when British Rail ran the railways.
Michael Rose, AberystwythI agree fully. What we have is pointlessly expensive and complicated. Why, for example, is it cheaper to get multiple tickets for bits of a journey than buy one?
Sohail Zafar, LondonAll strategic industries must be in state ownership.
Bryn Kinnaird, AmmanfordPrivatisation of British Rail has benefited only the wealthy and we have a poorer service as a result of this privatisation.
Jocelyn Bailey, OrpingtonSoutheastern – French national railway. They inherently don’t care about UK. Our services have been cut each year, and the wrong stations get fast trains.
Steve Ferguson, HuntlyThe government bought the railways before. Make them do it again.
Mark Powell, BlackpoolBenefits for the many not profits for the few.
Steph Walker, Manchestera service that operates for the ease and good of the people and not to make profits for private businesses please.
Edward Abel, BirminghamThe slogan says it all.
Ethan Radford, NottinghamConsidering the public already subsidises the rail network 3-4 billion a year, yet fares continue to rise. The entire rail network should be standardised to public good.
Geoff Lamb, East GrinsteadAnd nationalise it as well.
Rachel O’Hare, LondonIf trains were more affordable, fewer people would drive long distances and the environment would benefit.
Stephen Richards, WiltshireWe need our railway back to the way it was. We don’t need all these ownerships, just British Rail.
Ian Smith, ChippenhamI believe in the railways but not in the way they are run for fat controllers and shareholders. It’s a vital utility, unlike the motor car.
Geoffrey Crouch, CranbrookTrack, facilities, rolling stock and staff should be managed regionally, with overall direction from the centre.
Mark Pullen, RipleyI totally agree with bringing British Rail back. Instead of rail being in corporate hands, give it back to the people.
Paul Harrop, HullPrivatised railways put profit before passengers. The result is unreliable, expensive services which are less safe. Public ownership is the only cure for this disaster.
Duncan Banks, Milton KeynsThe continuing rise in the price of rail fares is completely unjustified given the terrible service.
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.
Graeme Braisby, BarnsleyAll utilities, rail and road, should be owned by the British people and not for private profit. They are everyday necessities.
Mark O’Connor, DriffieldIt’s time to serve the public and not the greedy shareholders.
Helga Baggs, Old BuckenhamI do not use railways any more. Why should single fares cost nearly as much as returns?
Miles Newman, LancasterThis is urgent.
Robert Harvey, BourneAnd restore the lines that Beeching should never have axed.
Clifford Tynan, WantageRip-off Britain must be stopped.
Marina Young, LondonPrivatisation is an unmitigated failure. Stop shelling out profits to shareholders and bring the money back into the infrastructure.
Ian Buckley, WatfordIt would be better off re-nationalised. More efficient, more homogenous and any profits going back to the Treasury.
Jenny House, AylesburyI hate having to split train tickets to get the best deals from different train companies. Bring back sensible pricing and Bring back British Rail.