East Coast Mainline proves it can be done. High quality service run for passengers not shareholders’ profit.

End the madness of rail privatisation now.

It’s time this fiasco was ended and the country’s backbone run at cost to make us a world leader.

It makes sense.

One of the very worst privatisations. It makes no economic sense from either side of the political divide. Make public transport something to be proud of again.

Trains are the only way I’ll be able to see my girlfriend for the next three years – but I’d rather not pay through the nose.

It wasn’t the government’s to privatise in the first place. It needs to go back to being nationalised.

Time to stop blanket privatisation of public services, including transport.

Since privatisation, about the only thing which I can see which has improved is the coffee. Trains are still late, overcrowded and staggeringly expensive.

Please re-nationalise our railway lines.

I fully agree with the concept of an integrated public service. British Rail – HST, East and West Coast Electrification, so many successes.

I have fond memories of British Rail in the early 1980’s when my mother used to take me to London on days out. We used to travel from Bristol to London.

If it’s running well and at a profit why oh why privatise it again?

BR all the way for me, just because it should be a national institution for the people of Britain and not for profit even though I am a pro business person.

Let’s get a bit of pride back into the country.

Give it back: you’ve mucked it up.

I agree with all previous sentiments.

If there’s more than one travelling it’s cheaper by car.

Trains for the people not for profit.

A UK citizen living temporarily in Denmark, aware of the benefits of state-owned railways and a joined-up system. See DSB and Rejseplanen – Britain needs the same.

Railways should be nationalised, upgraded and provide cheap alternative travel to take as much traffic off the roads as possible.

Bring back our railway – under public ownership.

It is galling to learn that privatised Arriva Trains Wales is owned by Germany’s state railways.

I rarely use rail travel because I find it chaotic and expensive. I wouldn’t mind that so much if it was good old British Railways muddling through.

It’s supposed to be private but gets billions from us the taxpayers.

We urgently need to bring back a nationalised network to run our railways. We need to cut the private companies and their greed-orientated objectives.

Under nationalisation trains mainly ran on time, journeys were uncomplicated and fares affordable. Now vast profits are used for high salaries and bonuses and not re-invested.

Essential services such as the railways should be run for the benefit of the public, not for private profit. Privatisation has proved to be a disaster.

The current situation of private companies is chaotic and inefficient for customers and increasingly impoverishing for us and enriching for the shareholders.

The time has come for us to return to a joined-up rail system.