David Rice, IpswichA national service should be in place which is run efficiently and fairly, where profit is secondary to customer service.
Libby Smith, NorwichIt’s ours not yours.
Jacqui Jones, ChertseyBritish Rail. It says it in the name. British – and need I say more?
Robbie Faulds, SeahamStop putting taxpayers’ money into rich shareholders pockets. East Coast shows publicly-owned railways work. Re-nationalise now.
Roddy Glen, EdinburghPlease re-nationalise our railways. I want a ‘joined-up’ system. I don’t want to have to pay for bail-outs of private companies and shareholders any more. Thank you.
Susan Walsh, BostonBring back British Rail.
Lesley Grahame, NorwichPlease support Caroline Lucas’s Rail Bill to bring contracts back in-house. 2nd reading 20th January 2017.
Linda Macfarlane, WoodbridgeI’m fed up with disjointed rail services and prices.
Mick Brady, Newcastle-upon-TyneWe need the railways to be brought back into the public ownership now.
Jasmine Matthews, HuddersfieldI always felt I was not enough of an expert to get involved in politics. Now I realise there are very few experts within politics.
Martyn Bissett, StirlingTaking the train between Scotland and London has just become unaffordable for me.
Jenny Gilbert, WellingtonI’m old enough to remember when using the railways wasn’t a stressful task. There may have been some timing issues, but buying a ticket was so simple back then.
Andrew Stock, ColchesterI’m bored with paying to run Europe’s rail network with the profits from ours.
Vicky Bear, BodminRail, like water and electricity, is a public utility and should be in the public domain.
Marion Ralls, EdinburghI remember the national British Rail. It was safe, reliable and comfortable. Information about routes, times and fares was easily accessible by phone, or at stations.
George Adamson, BellshillStop the profits going to the fat cats and put towards running a safe and cheaper railway.
Joanne Harrison, ManchesterIt’s ours. Let’s look after it properly.
Peter Hearn, SwanseaPrivate profits always lead to poor service.
David Quay, Breda, NederlandI am English, I come back a lot. The fare structures are an expensive nightmare. Why £32 single and £32.20 return? Dutch railways are cheap and efficient.
Martin Gentile, ExeterRe-nationalise and bring back efficiency.
Chris Pittman, SwindonFollow the Deutsche Bahn example.
Graeme Holland, DerbyEx-driver now overhead line electrification manager.
Thomas Barlow, ManchesterOur trains seriously lag behind the nationalised systems of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, all of whom also have much cheaper fares.
Monique Buckner, CassingtonCorporate greed has destroyed our transport system. Re-nationalise now for a better service.
Peter Funnell, Barton-on-SeaTake the whole network back from the thieves without compensation.
Ahsan Naseer, BirminghamPlease bring back real rail travel in the UK.
Stephen O’Neill, LiverpoolI am old enough to remember the propaganda about state subsidies to inefficient nationalised industries. Now those subsidies have tripled under privatisation.
Mark Murphy, LondonIt’s time to admit that rail privatisation is fundamentally flawed.
Joyce Morgan, HastingsThe railways have been a total mess since they were first de-nationalised by a Tory government, or should I say given away?
Dai Lowe, EdinburghThe fact that the old BR was not perfect is only an argument to do it better next time, to have it accountable and run by capable and dedicated folk.