Bring British Rail back along with everything else we want Britain to be.

Sheila Richards, Leigh

The current rail system simply doesn’t work. Children have to pay just to travel to school. Adults are forced to accept ridiculous and rising fares.

Ed Dolman, London

The current rail system needs to go.

Amanda Dawes, London

Rail privatisation has been a disaster.

Frank Bradley,

Bring back British Rail and railroad the crooks out of town.

Joe Hale, Swansea

I’ve been to other countries on the Continent, Germany for instance, and seen how fine their publicly owned system is in terms of price/quality, it makes me want to cry.

Graham Brook, Woking

It’s time to take back all that was stolen from the British public.

Alex Allardyce, Leicester

Indeed – ‘Bring Back British Rail.’

Fiona Macaulay, Edinburgh

It just makes sense.

Tom Freshwater, Wallingford

Obviously, you have all forgotten that British Rail was never on time, equally expensive and passengers were treated as an unnecessary nuisance.

Jonathan Dimsdale, Harrogate

Let’s have a railway service that serves stakeholders not shareholders.

Mike Nevill, Worthing

Buy back all that the Tories have privatised and, in no time at all, you will see costs and pricing come down considerably.

Malcolm Martyn, Shrewsbury

Restore the public service, reverse loading of costs on passengers, invest in public transport as a real national asset for everyone.

Geoff Dunbar, Torquay

A reliable railway network should connect people in local towns and villages so they longer need expensive petrol driven cars.

Paul Bright

Name a privatisation that has benefited the people.

Glen Gibb, Dunbar

Let’s get back to a rational co-ordinated transport system.

John Hoyle, Kettering

Arriva UK’ is a subsidiary of ‘Deutsche Bahn’ and is entirely owned by the German state: So yes, the UK government does believe in nationalisation but by anyone but us.

Roger Philpott, Cheltenham

Privatisation was just a con and a rip-off of public funds. Let’s see an end to it.

Stephen Field, Warwick

Adopt the method put forward by the unions in 2005. Re-nationalise at expiry of contracts.

Mike Robinson, Torpoint

It’s about time people over profits was something we hear every single day in politics.

Carl Nickson, Liverpool

I agree with what has already been said.

Doreen McCarthy, Gateshead

If you remember British Rail, this is a complete no-brainer – a system that worked and did not give inflated profits to incompetent private companies.

Rev Padma Sumananda, Bournemouth

I’m disgruntled at a system where foreign state-owned companies can profiteer from our trains, but our government can’t operate a nationalised service.

Calum Menzies, Glasgow

It’s been over-priced for far too long. People should not be financially punished for not booking early.

Yan Yates, Middlesbrough

I’m fed up with poor service and rising costs.

Diana Harman, Bexhill-on-Sea

Just bring British Rail back.

Patricia Ekins, Sheffield

Aside from the economic case, there is something incredibly romantic about travelling on a railway system that is collectively owned by every British citizen.

Jonathan Brown, London

I can no longer afford to travel by train – thanks Tories. Meanwhile billionaires like Branson get tax payers’ bailouts. Not a travel network but a money laundering scheme.

Aaron Smith, Eastbourne

Public ownership proves it can work, run correctly.

Robert Goodman, Leeds