Stephen Smith, HawickThere is no need for the profit motive in the rail industry, but a socially-owned network cannot return to the pre-90s. We can learn from the privatisation experiment.
Anthony Webster, Newcastle-upon-TyneNorthern Rail – what a rip off.
David Sleet, YorkIf profits can be made by British Rail, they should be ploughed back into the system, not distributed to the already-wealthy shareholders.
Clive Glaister, SloughRe-nationalise the railways! Proof of the pudding is East Coast Mainline. Nationalisation does and can work.
Ian Green, LeedsLet’s do it.
Ethan Lee, FifeBR was excellent.
Sam Wahnon, ManchesterIt costs almost £150 to get from Manchester to see family in Devon. It’s cheaper to fly to Paris. What a joke.
Joan Fournier, HarlowThis scandalous rip-off of ordinary working people obliged to depend on the railways to commute to work must end. It is legalised extortion.
Harry White, CheltenhamVote Labour. Renationalise the rails.
Richard Hillier, LondonPrivatising the rail network has left the UK in the doldrums. The nationalised networks across Europe and elsewhere have nearly doubled intercity speeds.
Christine Turner, StanwickThe rail services should be centrally owned and prices standardised. The British rail services should never be owned by another country. Eurostar could be joint owner.
Christine Maloney, RomfordDefinitely bring it back. I’m just fed up hearing about these price hikes all the time.
Nigel Filer, WatfordCost of 4 weekly oyster cards zone 1-9 is £320+. My rent with all bills included is £470. Travel costs are a disgrace.
Carol Sage, AlfretonIt is the right thing to do.
Samuel Fitzgerald, CaerphillyIt is time to bring back what we lost, to the forefront of the railway network.
Kingsley Elliff, HalesworthThey should never have been privatised in the first place.
Ann Frain, SheffieldJust look to the success of the East Coast mainline once it was out of the hands of private companies.
Rosalie Rogers, EastleighFares have recently increased dramatically in the last few years for no obvious reason and it is ridiculous.
Gary Clark, SunderlandOur railways would be much better suited in the public’s hands and not Cameron’s Spiv capitalists.
C. Sanger, HaslemereThe service is better than it was, but hugely overpriced. Even cheap day fares have practically doubled since privatisation.
David Smith, StourbridgeAs a regular West Coast traveller I am consistently frustrated by increases in rail fares.
Paul Smith, WarringtonToo much money going in the wrong pockets.
Matthew George, PenzanceOur railway is currently an embarrassment. Forget the shareholders and sort it out.
Richard Lewis, SheffieldPlease put Britain’s railways back to when we had the most efficient railways in Europe, i.e. when they were state run, like the majority of European ones are now.
Karlyn Brydon, LivingstonI work for East Coast and it definitely works better re-nationalised, unlike the dark days of National Express.
Jenny Haylock, BrightonReturning our railways to national ownership is the only safe way to provide a good train service for everyone.
Colin Smith, DerbyBritish Rail is the only way.
Janis Cairns, ManchesterImprovement in rail services – more carriages, punctuality, cleaner / greener trains – is needed now. No more fare increases lining pockets of shareholders!
Lindis Percy, HarrogateOh please, let’s hope this happens.
Charles Metcalfe, HaslemereI find travelling to and from my local station is often interrupted, delayed or cancelled.