Privatisation has been a disaster for the fare-paying passengers.

Ian Scrimgeour, Bournemouth

The fragmentation of Britain’s railways has its roots in EU directive 91/440/EU used as a blueprint for the Major Government’s privatisation of Britain’s railways in 1994.

Paul R, Horsham

I’m fed up with substandard trains from Hildenborough and sky high prices.

Rob Smith, Tonbridge

It’s the only private rail system in Europe.

Yvonne Lunde-Andreassen, London

The railways should be a public concern, serving the public, not wealthy shareholders.

Andrew Nix, London

Common sense and expert railway knowledge have ceded to a misguided dysfunctional railway system that other countries view with disbelief.

Bernard Kennedy, Bristol

Re-nationalisation is long overdue.

Nigel Smith, London

I’m so sick of spending an increasingly vast amount of my wages on trains. Freedom of movement is a basic right.

Barney Cox, London

I desire for the railways of Great Britain to be de-privatised so that they are efficient, cheap and reliable, in turn helping commuters and the environment.

Lochlann Hughes, Newtownabbey

The East Coast line works brilliantly. Let’s roll out their model to the rest of the UK.

Lynda Storey, Pontefract

Why should train profits go to overseas investors and not recycled into the system?

Ronald Donnelly, Burgess Hill

You know it makes sense. We need a national rail service owned by the people.

Gaynor Underhill, Wantage

No to private profiteers.

Mark Bretel, Birmingham

Run for profit railway has been shown not to work.

Alan Tebbit, Truro

As a West Coast line user I have seen rise after rise and I only get a seat on one in four of my journeys.

Andrew Watson, Bury

It is not the fault of the workers, it is the government’s failure.

Dan Cooper, Brighton

Privatisation is a disaster. It is inefficient, ineffective, often provides a poor service, costly and disadvantages its workforce and passengers.

Victoria Hobson, Edinburgh

I want rail transport run for its users. We can’t go back to the under-investment of the BR era, and the current arrangements are unsustainable. A new paradigm is needed.

John Tidy, London

I’m in full support of the re-nationalisation of the railway network.

Robert Bonner, Burton-upon-Trent

I support the re-nationalisation of railways as an intelligent transport policy.

Joan Young, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

We are fed up and angry at the blatant disregard for what is a vital piece of our economic infrastructure and what made Britain a leader in engineering world.

David Mcintosh

This is what we need to do, to make our railways beautiful again and the envy of the world.

Sharon Draper, Sudbury

Privatisation is not working for the passengers, employees of train companies or taxpayers. Bringing back public ownership would be much better.

Stuart Ogden, Ilkley

Stop the corporates exploiting commuters

Paul Woodburn, Manchester

End the endless gouging of the privatised rail companies. Bring back equitable train fares.

Tim Evans, Cambridge

I support you fully against this greed and want the link broken between private corporations and ministerial back-scratching.

James

Re- nationalise British Rail for efficiency instead of profit.

Paul Roadnight, Harrow

why on earth did the Tories sell off the East Coast main line except for political dogma and to line the pockets of their cronies?

Alexander Hedley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Let the public sector manage our infrastructure for the benefit of our society and not the pockets of big business.

Simon Murray, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Stop the fares rip-off getting stupid.

Jordan Smith, Bristol