The Railway is for the people not the shareholders. It’s time to re-nationalise.

Douglas Oxer, Bolton

I’m a Green Party member and therefore understand and know the truth about privatisation.

Shihab-Ud-Deen Basit, Bradford

Privatisation of strategic services is an obvious mistake.

Steven Lockwood, Derby

I remember the days of British Rail and want them back. I am sick of private companies raking in loads for doing nothing. £1800 a year and I don’t get a seat. Enough.

Georgie Stagg, London

Because the fragmentation of the rail network to feed the profits of the private sector is madness.

John Carter, Kings Sutton

As a regular traveller I care passionately about rail travel. Under unified, coherent, public management/ownership it would be so much better.

Penny Wilcox, Exeter

Good luck with the fight guys.

Eric Bush, Shrewsbury

We need a joined up transport system.

Lyn Edwards, Watford

Put the railways back under British Rail and re-open some lines in the Wigan area.

Colin Miller, Wigan

We have a Third World train service.

James Jarvis, Southampton

Our nearest rail station is Caerfyrddin. We can only go to Gogledd Cymru through Loegr, a minor absurdity of the present system, but still absurd.

John Blackburn, Llanbedr Pont Steffan

We’re bringing back Great British Rail with Sir Jeremy Corbyn in 2017 to make the UK OK.

Paul Bright, Bournemouth

Nationalise all utilities.

Lynn Evans, Stourport-on-Severn

A return ticket to Hull is now £12 off-peak; it’s really terrible. Goole has been cut off from Hull and Doncaster by rail fares.

Curtis Dance, Goole

Northern Rail out.

Joseph Aapden, Manchester

We need to take all our resources out of the hands of big business and place them back into public ownership.

Andrew Tate, Wolverhampton

Bring back not only British Rail, but all water, gas, electric and banks – all into public ownership and get this country back on track!

Jamie Bramwell, Cheshire

Do it, and get those money-grabbing bastards out.

David Williams, Leicester

Please keep railways British.

Olive Reah, Blackburn

Public transport should be in public hands.

Kenny Brown, Fort William

All strategic industries must be in state ownership.

Sohail Zafar, London

Privatising the railways was a misconceived policy that wasn’t even prosecuted competently. It is disgraceful that driving is cheaper than train fares.

Andrew Grant Robertson, Edinburgh

Railways are good for the environment. We need an efficient, affordable service to get people out of their cars and onto the trains.

K Thomas, Edinburgh

Most people I know would be happy to travel by train if they weren’t so expensive. Let’s get more people off the road by nationalising the railways.

Douglas McCoy, St Helier

Bring back sensibility to our railway systems and make it accessible for the poorer citizens of this country. Pensioners I know would love to enjoy days out by train but can’t.

Mavis Burns, Bacup

Strategic resources should be under state control and ownership. The current chaos needs bringing to an end.

Tom Wakeford, Peterborough

Bring back British Railways, so we in Gloucester can have a proper train service again, like Cardiff to Newcastle and Swansea to Leeds.

Malcolm Lanfear, Gloucester

Nationalise railway, water and fuel.

Julia Parsons, London

The sooner we get a public rail service, run for the benefit of the public rather than shareholders, the better.

Charles Reid, Leicester