It’s bloody obvious.

Paul Hernon, Llangollen

I have always believed in a nationally-owned rail system which provides a value service and removes road travel misery. Just visit the Hauptbahnhof in Berlin and weep.

Paul Ibbott, Bedford

The railways should be affordable for everyone and not a shareholders’ ticket to make money.

Alan Currie, Margate

Old BR – poor management. New services – bad management plus greed – any thing for profit.

Anthony Thorley, Sittingbourne

A national rail network is a national asset and should therefore belong to the nation, and needs to be run in a holistic way.

Ian Lariviere, St Albans

If BR had had the same financial injection of cash that Network Rail is having the whole network would have been modernised by now.

Dave Makin, Kettering

If the government wants to help working people and reduce short-haul flights, nationalising the railways is the option that makes most sense.

Eva Zacharia, London

The rail system needs to be re-nationalised.

Philippa Jane Brown, Stoke-on-Trent

Re-nationalise now.

Peter Green, Herne Bay

It wasn’t theirs to give away. We will get this back and everything else.

Shane Selfe, Chippenham

This summer we travelled by rail right across Germany with two bicycles. We paid 26 euros each and we bought the tickets the same morning on the platform.

Dan Marston, Nottingham

We need a cheap, efficient, publicly-owned transport network similar to Deutsche Bahn in Germany.

Adam Hiley, Upminster

Please keep up the pressure on these stupid politicians.

Aubrey Stafford, Retford

Privatisation hasn’t worked. Re-nationalise now.

Sue Millman, London

Privatisation has led to poor service and is too expensive. It’s become all about profit for the few.

Roy Little, Leicester

The railways should be run for the benefit of people, not profiteering shareholders. Nothing has improved since privatisation, except their bank balances.

Christine Butler, Mansfield

This is a no-brainer. The reasons for re-nationalisation far outweigh the crass commercial arguments for private ownership, especially since that is mostly foreign.

David Tyler, Abergavenny

I believe BR should be reinstated because it allowed the British people to travel the country in an affordable manner whilst still making a large profit.

James Reid, Middlesbrough

Just look at how the railway industry is organised on the continent (owned by the state.) Privatisation is neither efficient nor cheap.

Timothy Richards, Abertridwr

I have had to use a car as Southern is so unreliable for essential travel – like going to work.

Natalie Henstock, London

Keep East Coast mainline nationalised – it’s the best railway in the country.

Andrew Walker, York

Privatisation rejected by Margaret Thatcher. But John Major pushed it through – with the most ridiculous structure anyone could have devised.

Mike Evans, Leominster

As a supporter of TUSC, I am 150% behind re-nationalising state infrastructure, including BR.

David Pearce, London

I will be glad when the British Railways board is running all our railways again and Cameron gets six lace holes up his arse!

Colin Flowerday

We need a rail system that serves the community, not one that chases profits.

Lynda Jones, Wolverhampton

Bring back British Rail.

Angharad Green, Swansea

We need better regulated fares and to be treated as ‘passengers’, not ‘customers’. Also better choice of rolling stock (no more Pendolinos.)

Jonathan Paul, Gloucester

If trains are re-nationalised, I believe fares will be cheaper for ordinary people and public organisations. It would be better for health, environment and personal finance.

Kim Fergus, Wirral

They’ve gone completely downhill since privatisation.

Ayleen Pilling, Westcliff-on-Sea

It’s another thing that should never have been sold in the first place.

Adrienne Grimes, Leeds