Try getting a seat out of Peterborough.

David Stock, Peterborough

I would love a transport system that is as good as the systems in most of Europe.

Victoria Benson, Shoreham-by-Sea

Everyone’s utterly fed up and disillusioned with this current system – it just doesn’t work.

Christine Hill, London

Re-nationalise British Railways immediately and without compensation.

Tom Organ, Bristol

I’m badly in need of a railway from Leicester to Burton. This can help us. Keep up the good work.

Kevin Jordan, Coalville

Privatised railway shareholders and executives profit from passengers and taxpayers. This profit should be used to keep fares down and improve the network.

Pippa Richardson, Swansea

We should re-nationalise all our sold-off utilities. No-one asked us for permission.

Joyce Wood, Northampton

You should not be able to publicise a service which many of us have no choice but to use. It’s just wrong.

Mark Ransley, West Malling

Railway workers and users together to fight for our interests.

Steve Revins, Birmingham

Severe overcrowding.

Melanie James, Uttoxeter

We used to lead now we can’t even follow.

Bernard Fraser, Thorne, Doncaster

The current mess is exactly that – a mess.

David Wallis, Grantham

I am very upset by today’s news about the East and West Coast mainlines. Yet another example of business and greed being more important than the needs of the nation.

Hannah Sawtell, Nottingham

Re-nationalise – it makes sense.

Erryl McLarty, Whitley Bay

Other countries manage their transport systems with nationalised, integrated services. Some of them even own some of our railway networks. Surely we could do the same?

Margaret Foster, Hitchin

We need a unified railway system. We need to acknowledge the environmental and public ownership benefits and run it for the public good, not for private profit.

Andrea Byrom, Leeds

The current set-up is not sustainable. Only a country can run its infrastructure – and a country wouldn’t spend billions on the old technology of HS2.

Andrew Hall, York

British Rail, one company, one network.

Janet Francis, Welwyn Garden City

It is crazy that it’s usually double the cost for me alone to travel by train than car. I do however as I am deeply concerned about my carbon footprint.

Natalie Lamb, Chiselborough

Get back to the good old days with railways who cared.

James Ritchie, Carnoustie

Privatised rail companies haven’t provided better services, but uneven ones, with ever increasing fares.

Linda Uruchurtu, Cambridge

It was a huge mistake. East Coast lines and Eurostar prove that publicly-owned railways can bring in profits for us all.

Evelyn Welsh, Prestwick

I support the Bring back British Rail campaign.

Sally Morley, Nottingham

Bring it back!

Simon Forsey, Nottingham

Please re-nationalise our railways. I believe this would help to control spiralling ticket prices and also make routes and schedules of the system more efficient.

John Sadler, Longframlington

The current railway system is a laughing stock.

Patrick Baker, Derby

Rail travel has never been the same since we lost BR.

Louise Sumner, Leyland

The success of East Coast line in public ownership speaks for itself.

David Preece, Bishop’s Frome

British Railways are awesome.

Emily Hallam, Nottingham

I haven’t been in the UK for 12 years but I used to love riding the rails and I’m saddened by what I’ve heard about how things have gone down hill since privatisation.

Michael Yates, Billings