They should not have sold it in the first place.

Frequent travellers need decent fares.

The fact that the French and German nationalised train industries have shares in the most profitable lines in Britain should speak for itself.

Re-nationalise the railways.

The current rail structure is lunacy with no real competition anyway. I believe there are 23 companies responsible for different aspects of safety etc.

Provide an integrated and non-profit transport system for a modern Britain.

Public transport should be run as a service not as a business.

Extortionate prices, extremely shitty services. Shareholders rubbing their hands together and smirking. That sums up national rail pretty well.

Make it a partnership: a publicly-owned John Lewis, with passenger, employee and government representation – not a state bureaucracy, as before.

This service was much better before being given back to the private sector and it was making a profit.

British Rail was cheaper, cheaper for tax payers, better run and more pleasant than private rail companies.

The government funds all of the infrastructure and new stock. Little comes from the private companies themselves. Therefore it will take little effort to go the whole way.

A sense of shared ownership would encourage train usage.

Privatisation has lost the unique ’rounded’ service previously provided by lifelong railway workers with cross department co-operation and were ‘proud to belong’.

If Labour would make a commitment to this, I’m positive that they’d boost their poll ratings overnight.

Make the railways work for the commuters, not the corporate profiteers. Vote Green.

Is it true that we subsidise German rail fares.

Services by the people for the people, let’s not stop here. Bring the energy and water companies back into public ownership as well.

The profits which would otherwise be given to shareholders can be ploughed back in investment in the rail infrastructure. The East Coast main line has made the point.

We cannot let this continue any more and we need to stand up and be counted.

We need a joined-up rail network with fair working conditions for all employees.

We need the railways at reasonable prices to travel for the jobs.

Making profits for shareholders should not be the primary motive for a public transport company. Providing reliable, efficient, safe and affordable transport should be.

Fares need reducing and additional carriages added during busy periods. Passengers having to pay for the privilege of standing for the entire journey is simply wrong.

The current set-up is a farce, over-priced, difficult to use and set up only for the benefit of the shareholders.

Also red star.

British Rail wasn’t perfect but at least you understood the ticket pricing and a single was cheaper than a return.

Too many different fares. Railways should belong to the state, never to private companies.

British Rail didn’t fail, it was the Conservative government that failed it by reducing subsidy year-on-year then splitting it up into 100 bite size chunks to sell off.

It should never have been sold in the first place.