Yes. Simpler ticketing, pricing that pays fair wages not shareholders. State investment for everyone’s benefit, not to pay fat cat bosses’ salaries.

Naomi Standen, Birmingham

British Rail first then the utilities.

Dennis Archer, Arnold

Public services should remain as public not private enterprise. Put people before profit.

Jenny Dimond, Ware

Re-nationalise – it makes sense.

Erryl McLarty, Whitley Bay

Give it back: you’ve mucked it up.

James Mackay, Glasgow

Some things just need to be in the public sector.

Doreen Martin, Barnet

You’d do better supporting the Green Party than Labour if you want this to happen.

Elizabeth Timms, St Neots

The price of train tickets these days is ridiculous. I am a very regular traveller and it costs me far more than I should have to pay for the distance I’m going. BBBR.

Jess Golden, Bournemouth

Bring back British Rail, British Gas and Electricity.

Dorothy Smith, Southport

I recently returned to Britain after a decade of living abroad and was flabbergasted at what commuters are paying for train transport.

Glenn O’Connor

For vital utilities de-nationalisation simply doesn’t make sense.

Gary Mitchell, Bournemouth

It’s not about socialism, it’s about having a working transport system.

Mark O’Neill, Nottingham

The sooner the better.

Graham Chadwick, Littleborough

I believe that privatisation of all sectors does not create a competitive market: it gives monopolies the chance to become even more powerful. Bring back nationalisation.

Weronika Harrison, Liverpool

Bring back BR. Fares are a joke. Why can’t they stop putting up fares every January?

Michael Kemp, Woolpit

Surely a nationalised service could be used to re-invest 100% of the profits made in better services plus staff pay and conditions, rather than lining fat cats pockets.

Noel Symonds, Redhill

I absolutely agree it is time to stop the ridiculous subsidisation of shareholder profits in an industry where operators effectively operate as monopolies.

Helen Kenner, London

It needs to be re-nationalised and profits re-invested in the service and health and safety of staff and customers instead of benefiting the city fat cats. Royal Mail next.

Margaret Gallacher, East Kilbride

The trains are overcrowded, smelly and dirty, which is a nice way to start my journey to work.

Steven Evans

Scamming government national rail. Get rid of them.

Jamie Taitt, Surbiton

I’m totally in favour of re-nationalisation. It would be better for staff, customers and the environment, as more of us would use it if it was cheaper and more efficient.

Kay Groom, Kinghorn

The selling of our railway network and its rolling stock was the theft of public property.

Steve McCarron, Worcester

As an OAP I can’t afford to use the railways.

Alan Coode, Oxted

We have been ripped off for two decades by rail privatisation. We fund it, we should own it.

John Plumm, Harrogate

Like all privatisation, the railways are now in a complete mess. More public subsidies than BR ever saw and the service is diabolical.

Owain Glyndwr, Haverfordwest

In UK public transport and trains are more expensive than cars. This is the incredible paradox of privatisation.

Francesco Anselmo, Watford

Yes, bring it back.

Alasdair Lumsden, London

Required services in our country should not be open to profiteering on the free market.

Alex Tinkler, Barnsley

Public transport should be for the public, not for private profit. With climate change looming we need affordable fares to encourage cleaner travel. Re-nationalise the railways.

David Gillian, Leeds