Belinda Lowis, Chester-le-StreetWe should remove private profit from all essential services.
Nyla Cooper, LeedsI’m sick of delays, last minute cancellations and overcrowded carriages.
Frances Hooker, SheffieldTrains are transport for the future. Please fund adequately, increase numbers and connectivity for all.
William Clark, BrandonBring it back.
Betty Hollingsworth, YorkFrom the outset this de-nationalisation was doomed. Its sole purpose was to force a change for purely political reasons, and has not resulted in a better service so far.
N Power, ManchesterThey should never have been Beechingised in the first place, and put freight back on the rail.
Alice SavilleThe train ticket lottery is madness, and the obvious lack of true competition between companies is hindering rail transport development.
Maryvonne Lumley, LondonPrivatisation only works for shareholders, not passengers. Bring back BR.
Paul Roadnight, HarrowRe- nationalise British Rail for efficiency instead of profit.
Robert Street, DronfieldThe East Coast Line shows how successful public ownership can be, ploughing profits back into the Treasury. Privatisation is a failed ideology.
Eric Penman, LiverpoolStop subsidising other people’s profit.
Andrea Coppin, BristolPeople before profit.
Chris Burrow, FalkirkIt’s shocking that the UK government is paying foreign governments to run our services, making huge profits.
David Fagan, LiverpoolI’m fed up with privatised rail and being forced to opt for the car too many times.
Graham Mallinson, ManchesterIt should never have left public ownership.
Joshua Montague-Munson, LondonA nationalised railway network is the only sustainable future for mass transit in the UK. It would benefit the economy and people in myriad ways.
Brian Martin, MorpethIt is August 29th and the cheapest available ticket for travel between London and Morpeth on Sunday 13th November is £80. That’s utter robbery.
Steve Lawlor, PurleyWe need a proper railway service, not the one we have at the moment.
J Kim, HamptonBring back British Rail. It’s the way it should be.
Michael Hinchcliffe, EdinburghAlthough I have written Edinburgh in the above space for city, I’m from Leeds and travel home regularly. The cost of these train fares is ridiculous and I’m sick of it.
Jan Roberts, Newcastle-upon-TyneBritish Rail should never have gone. It was the best rail service this country ever had.
Andrew Jobson, SunderlandI travel all over the country watching my football team, by train, and I’ve never known it so bad in 35 years. Bring back a nationalised railway,
Peter McQueen, CreweBring it back into public ownership.
Helen Pengelly, BarnhamI regularly travel by train but am finding increasingly it is cheaper to drive.
Kenneth Toulson, SheffieldSolidarity with all rail activity.
Thomas Laxton, SheffieldWhy should it cost so much more for me to travel by rail than car? Why should the taxpayer be subsidising the profits of a private company?
Simon Oxford, HerefordThe popularity, price and efficiency of our rail network has deteriorated for long enough.
Carol Cooke, New MillsBring back a nationalised rail service.
Jenny Rivett, IpswichMy son had to take a taxi to Colchester when a train broke down on the line and was three hours getting to work.