Adam Marshall, BoltonEnd the rip-off now.
Fergus Priest, East LintonKeep up the good work.
Andrea Stanton, WalsallAnything to get rid of London Midland’s appalling service.
John Walker, ColchesterThe railways need to be re-nationalised – the investment in our network needs to be overhauled. We invented the railways, let’s make it the envy of the World again!
Sandra Walsh, EssexWe need our railways back.
Louie Withey, SouthamptonBring back the good old days.
Gary Allen, CheshireBring back the old times.
Grace French, LutonIt is clear that the ridiculous increase in train prices each year is for shareholders. Each year my fares go up with no improvement in service.
Michele Webber, ColchesterNational travel should be cheap and affordable and subsidised by government. The gains to the economy would more than pay for it in my opinion.
Ivan Trevor Watson, MorpethI worked for British Rail, joining in 1972. It was run down and needing investment. After privatisation a lot of the money for the industry now lines shareholders’ pockets.
Steve Davies, RomfordPublic transport should not be operated for profit. Take a leaf out of our European neighbours’ book and put train travel back in the public domain. It works.
Damon Newton-Goode, PortsmouthTake the railways back from the greedy corporates who profit while we suffer every day.
Jane Mitchell, ShrewsburyBring back British Rail.
Richard DraytonRailways should be economic drivers and enablers run for UK plc not profit cash cows.
Oliver Hughes, LiverpoolBritish Rail, built for the people to travel; for work or enjoyment. We should not be subject to exploitation and high fares. The Tories sold it. We want it back.
Nicole Fekete, LincolnLower prices, customer centric and better integrated. Not much to ask in an OECD economy, right?
Carmen Edwards, WrexhamAnd then we can re-nationalise energy and water.
Tony Thomas, HitchinEast Coast works well. Why not run the rest the same way?
Peter McKenna, PontefractCheap reliable rail, a Government’s responsibility, not a shareholder’s.
Ian Potter, SheffieldIt makes economic, social and environmental sense to have the railways run for our benefit again. Why wouldn’t you?
Simon Hough, TetburyEnvironmentally, socially and economically, the imperative must be to run the railways for the nation’s good and not for private profit.
Matthew McGee, WarringtonRail privatisation has been a calamity for the travelling public. It is well past time for this scam to be brought to an end. Bring back British Rail.
Terence Smith, LeicesterUnder privatisation profits go up, fares go up and service is muddled and difficult to use.
Peter Gearing, EdenbridgeI’m fed up with poor service and news that shareholders get paid huge dividends.
Cynthia Roushorn, Wigginton. YorkLet us go back to the times when booking a train ticket was not a lottery and you knew in advance exactly how much you would be paying and there was good service.
Andrew Lombardi, EastleighPlease stop rail profits from going to non UK corporations and being used to subsidise non UK rail fares and investment in others’ infrastructure.
Francis Voisey, ExeterRailways should exist to serve the public, not to make a profit at the travelling public’s expense.
Lawrence Green, LewesPrivatisation was a travesty.
Martin Tulloch, LondonIt is unacceptable that we have the most expensive rail system in Europe by a significant margin, yet blatant profiteering is happening within the current rail operators.
Fenella Watts, SouthamptonPeople not profit. Re-unify our country again. Encourage us off the roads.