I agree that the current system is expensive and deeply flawed.

Public sector ownership is a more efficient model.

Miliband must be blind not to see what a popular declaration it would be to declare now for the re-nationalisation of all transport.

Let’s stand up and stop the ever increasing fare rises for commuter travel.

The highest fares in Europe, and the money goes to profit not improvements. Re-nationalise now.

You know it makes sense.

Retired BR R&M Fitter. I left because of privatisation after joining BR WR in the 1960s at the Swindon Apprentice Training School. Privatisation is a shambles.

It’s clearly sensible.

Privatisation has been a disaster. Let the state run the railways – they did a much better job.

A unified railway system is the only way. Bring back the branch lines too.

Rail fares are a travesty – beyond the reach of the people.

Commuting on modern trains costs more than driving. How can this be moral? Privatisation was a horrible mistake and should never have been done.

The privatisation of public services experiment is an unequivocal failure. It’s time to take it all back.

Lets take back our trains and make them work for us, not private companies.

I’m sick and tired of not being able to afford cheap rail travel anymore.

End the fragmented railway system. Restore railways to the people.

Essential services and infrastructure should never be in private hands. The potential for corruption is too high and on too grand a scale.

People need to know that private companies cost us more than BR did, and by definition they are there to serve shareholders’ interests before the Public’s.

They should never have been split up in the first place. A national, essential service that has gone to the wall.

It should be run by people for the people not for the rich and greedy.

Bring back British Rail

They’re ripping us off right left and centre.

As a frequent rail traveller, I find the services in this country dreadful. The North Wakes Coast trains are being run in an unsafe and dangerous manner with no care.

This looks like a wonderful idea.

I use the train loads and I would love it to be better.

All the private owners want is profit, at a cost to safety, passenger care and just about anything. The amount of subsidies they get. Bring BR back.

We in Bedford have changed the wretched franchise and who knows who is pretending to run it.

BR was stolen from the British public in the most heinous crime of the 20th century.

I would love to take my family to London by train to see the sights but its too expensive for us to use.

The last few times I used a train to Cardiff from Pyle it was standing room only. I travel by car now.