Basic transport should be a right in this country. Stop the fat cats profiting and support the public.

Robert Sunners, Cockermouth

British Rail just before privatisation was one of the most efficient railway operators in Europe.

Ann Knowles, Aberystwyth

I’m fed up with profits going before passenger service and think the railways should be renationalised.

Debbie Richens, London

It cannot happen too soon to simplify travelling in this country.

Robin Evans, Poole

British Rail should never have been privatised and Virgin can cover the East Coast line costs from its West Coast profits.

Barry Davies, Stafford

To have a division between different train operating companies and the running of the track seems ridiculous.

Joyce Murray, Blyth

The so-called profit motive has been discredited by the sharks who run these companies.

Ted Goodhew, Maidenhead

I’m fed up with the service we get for the price we pay.

Charlie Matthews, Swanley

Ellie Harrison’s staggering talk at Artquest conference this year has made me a passionate supporter of this great undertaking. Thank you.

Jade Montserrat, Scarborough

The days of the Big Four are gone. We need a well run and managed national transport system as seen in other European countries.

Richard Chappell, Walsall

A rail service has to be fully integrated, and it can’t be while there’s competition. Re-nationalise.

Stephen White, Shepshed

Run the railways for the people.

Kevan Potter, Nuneaton

Expensive, cumbersome, inadequate and a national disgrace – Britain’s privatised rail network. Follow the European model and bring back BR.

Anthony French, Doncaster

Re-nationalise the railways. They are a public service and can be run more efficiently in the public interest than for private profit.

Paul Greening, Dorchester

I would like to see the re-nationalisation of telecoms and utilities too.

Vaughan Gallavan, Exeter

We are the people of Britain and we want our railways back.

Patricia Gurney, Newark

Stupid and unfair prices. Bring Back British Rail.

Louis Graves, Stockport

Privatisation in all services has been a disaster. We’re paying lots more for very much less.

Greg Doull, Cwmbran

Just one of the many privatisations of public services undertaken during the Thatcher regime, all of which have been a total disaster for working families and communities.

Albert Welch, Houghton-le-Spring

All rail transport needs to be owned by the public and the power companies as well.

Peter Denny, Lowestoft

Bring the railways back to where they rightfully belong – to the people who owned it before the Thatcherite years.

Jean Edwards, Stoke-on-Trent

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Warren Knight, St Albans

Just bring it back.

Frances McGinlay, Largs

We need a fairly priced, efficient public transport system that’s run for people and not for profit.

Gwennan Thomas, London

The 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.

John Walker, Bristol

Railways and utilities for people.

Guy Harris, Saltash

It should never have been sold off and has never been successful. Bring back to public ownership and start the freight and post going by rail again.

Susan Cole, North Shields

I think that a country’s public transport is a reflection of what the powers that be think of their citizenry.

Stephen Newberry, Hove

Just bring our railways back to where they were before privatisation and upgrade the rolling stock to meet demands for the ever growing population.

Mike Beaumont, Brixham

We need to manufacture our own rolling stock as well and bring some design and engineering back, and not support foreign train builders.

Paul Weekes, Gillingham, Kent