Trains are overpriced, overcrowded, frequently delayed and often dirty, resulting in hugely dissatisfied commuters. Privatisation has failed, and change is needed.

Eleanor Stubbs, Trowbridge

If we brought back BR we as taxpayers would have less subsidy to pay and cheaper fares.

Roy Smith, Saltburn by the Sea

Get all our utilities back into public ownership.

Mike Sherry, Dudley

I totally agree with this idea of providing the country with a public rail service as opposed to providing ever increasing profits to rich fat cats.

Stella Yates, Warminster

The railways are becoming too expensive and the service is not consistent with the cost.

Sheila Fleming, Gateshead

Public services are best. The railways need to be given back to the people who should own them, the people of this country, not those who just want to make money.

Sarah Markham, Flitwick

Best job I ever had all under one umbrella.

Mal Rothwell, Plymouth

It is so very expensive to go by train in this country compared with Europe and the USA. it is subsidised in those countries and so cheap to travel anywhere.

Anne Wren, Sale

The people have spoken.

Kevin Freeman, Glasgow

It has become more obvious that a fragmented rail network is less efficient and more expensive to users.

Brian Luck, Borehamwood

Rail privatisation was a fine example of the reverse Robin Hood mentality of the Tory party.

Jonathan Hopkins, Harrogate

The railways should be run for the benefit of the nation, not for private profit.

William Reynolds, Hounslow

I hate how the UK’s train network is falling to bits.

Nik Devlin, London

I’m in 100% support of the nationalising of the railways.

Mark Hosey, Gosport

Let’s bring to an end the privatised fiasco that provides the worst service for the highest fares in Europe.

Keith Bryant, Sandown

One of the very worst privatisations. It makes no economic sense from either side of the political divide. Make public transport something to be proud of again.

Aaron Bliss, Oxfordshire

Thatcher’s legacy is destroying the little that’s left of public Britain.

Tony Acton, London

Enough is enough.

David Ward, London

I’m in full support of a sensible and fair rail system. Stop them charging us exorbitant fares for travelling on our own railway, and give us back the control.

Francis Saunders, The Hague, Netherlands

As a regular but decreasingly frequent user of the railways, I’ve experienced how bad things are on the network.

Peter King, Oxford

Nationalise all public services.

Jason George Walker, Stoke-on-Trent

We need one standard fare, whether you buy in advance or on the platform just before the train or on the train from a ticket collector.

Mayur Mehta

Will a mainstream party have common sense enough to adopt this policy? Why are they so scared?

S Read, York

Give us back some of our family jewels.

Edward Luigi, Portsmouth

I worked for Railtrack and Network Rail. Privatisation does not work. Profit before service is wrong.

David Free, Saltash

We have franchises run by other national companies making profit and funding their national railways, BR Could be funding back into our railways and serving communities.

Karl Price, Altrincham

We need a rail network that networks for people who use it (or would use it if it worked properly) – not for profiteers.

Lesley Burt, Christchurch

The Tories and Labour are parties of privatisation but with a Socialist now leading Labour we need a system of people before profit

David Tandey, Maidstone

Give the services back to the people. Everyone is happier when they are employed by a national rail service, or any other publicly owned service.

Stella Beston, London

Southwestern Trains are the bane of my life.

Philip Hubbard, Southampton