Chris Palmer, RuncornCommon sense over chaos.
Robert Hill, LondonBring back BR and introduce a clear standardised fare structure.
AnonymousThe price of train tickets is honestly ridiculous. I saw an old British Rail advert from 1982 that said ‘Anytime Return London – Manchester only £11’. Now it’s about £100!
Justin Smith, PlymouthWe need a railway that is a public service, not a profit-making business with expensive fares that is made possible by considerable injections of cash from taxpayers.
Nicholas Seivewright, DartfordI completely agree.
David Gray-Clough, HarrogateThey were told it wouldn’t work. No other country has such a fragmented system. Unify the lot, track, signalling, rolling stock and stations.
Ian Greenhalgh, EdinburghThe banks and government are screwing us out of every last penny on every level.
Geoffrey Hartin, SouthamptonAs part of the national infrastructure of this country we need dedicated professionals running our railways. It would be in the best interest of this country and its population.
Ian Snipp, LondonI’m sick of big business making all the money and leaving the tax payers (Network Rail) to foot the bill.
Samuel Gunn, LondonCompetition is an impossibility on the train lines. It is a national service that should be run for public benefit at cost price, not for private profit.
Robin Braddow, NewarkThe East Coast line runs right through my town. In fact I live only a few hundred yards from it. I can sit and watch the array of privatised train companies using it.
Deb Tetley, LeedsLets take back our trains and make them work for us, not private companies.
Dale Easson, NottinghamI am completely for this. As someone who uses a number of UK rail operators in a single day to get to university, this really affects me.
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.
Kate Rowland, TywynAll service companies should never have been privatised.
Maureen Cooper, LondonThe railways need good management in the nationalised sector with the capacity to raise funds to make improvements.
Jane Skyrme, HerefordFair price for fares. No stockbroker style ticket buying. Stick to advertised prices, no unannounced hourly changes to ruin student travel budgeting.
Michael Branney, LeicesterSadly, the current disjointed rail organisation and ticketing is a national embarrassment.
Paul Bright, BournemouthBringing Back British Rail will save millions of lives on our roads and help save the NHS. It is a sensible way to fix the UK economy.
Mark Kapalo, TelfordUK railways are in a shocking state.
Peter Stratton, CardiffNothing owned by the state should be allowed to be sold off unless a general referendum is held for each of the sales.
Nicholas Lyle, Woking / PortsmouthAffordable, local rail services for everyone!
Margaret White, Newton StewartIf a nationalised transport system could be run as a business and profits being fed back into the business instead of paying shareholders it might work for everyone.
Margaret Reeves, SouthwellA publicly owned rail system has always made better sense in every respect than a private piecemeal network in the hands of shareholders.
James Aitken, EdinburghEnd the rip-off of both passengers and taxpayers. We pay more now than we did for BR.
Andrew Smith, BorehamwoodPrivatisation is not working for passengers. I believe that nationalisation would put good service as the number one priority rather than making a profit.
Luke Norris, BrightonTake it away from profiteers who cherry-pick services and disregard less popular routes and vital investment.
Mr Tall, LouthPrivatisation means profit to shareholders. Pay them off and go back to good old British Rail.
John Walker, BristolThe last two decades have been a very expensive farce. It’s been tried, it’s failed. I’m tired of subsidising the private shareholders with my taxes.
Stuart Moir, FileyEvery privatisation I have seen has failed and has ended up with a more expensive, less efficient, worse service for the people, whilst lining the pockets of a select few.