Unreliable service is ruining the quality of my family life. To consistently have trains from Victoria to Hove cancelled is appalling.

Catol Kirkman, Hove

Just the ticket.

Iain Bowley, Northwich

Rhaid inni fod fel rhannau o Ewrop sydd a thrennau rhad sydd wedi eu rheoli gan y llywodraeth. (We need to be more like parts of Europe which have cheap state-run trains.)

Gwenno Dafydd Williams, Cardiff

I believe that all public transport, electricity, gas, and water should be re-nationalised for the benefit of the consumers.

David Frost, Sunderland.

We all know re-nationalisation is the way forward.

Sam Smith

It would be better with British Rail all with the same colours.

David Johnston, Glenrothes

£8 to go 5 stops. That’s £160 a month to get to work for an £800 a month job.

Sam Wynne, Poynton

I’m too young to remember the railways before privatisation, but I am disgusted with the colossal increases in fares every year. Re-nationalise the railways.

Kade Ramsey, Colchester

Rail is a necessary service not a profit machine for capitalists.

Martin Le Fevre, Belford

The railways should be run as a public good, for public benefit, not for profit to shareholders.

Craig Thomas, Manchester

I’m tired of crowded trains and never being on time. Northern has to be one of the worst rail operators – that has been proved, so please take it back.

Michael Chick, St Helens

Returning to British Rail would simplify all the Ticket Clerks’ jobs greatly.

John Conley

A public service such as rail should be run for the benefit of the customers it serves, not for the benefit of its shareholders.

Russell Richards, Chelmsford

I bought my train ticket for my regular commute. However, I accidentally bought it for the next day and was then tricked into giving my details for a £100 fine.

Joseph Pitchford, Harrogate

A no-brainer. They should never have been sold off and should be back in the hands of the British people along with the other national assets that were craftily sold off.

Neil Smith, Seaford

A long-time commuter in my youth, now living where there is no rail service – but strongly believe rail network should all be in public ownership.

Lynda Lorenzo, Sutton-on-Sea

Brighter futures.

Sally Battley, London

Nationalisation is the only solution to the appalling cost and standard of service of the present system.

Adrian Clinch, Broadway

The trains at the moment are an absolute joke – expensive and always late. Privatisation was supposed to improve train services, but this was a lie. Bring back BR now.

Tracy Nelson, Dartford

Better for Britain. Nationalise all utilities.

Jon Brown, Morecambe

I did work experience for the HSE and was shocked to find that the Potters Bar crash happened because of poor maintenance, subcontracted to unqualified people.

Sara Dona, Leeds

One should not make profit out of public transport.

Stephen Rollason, Exmouth

I recently travelled on trains in Europe and China, superior to the UK and run for their people. UK get a grip and nationalise.

Lisa Mundy, Portsmouth

Put service before profit.

Graeme Mclean, Aberdeen

Now there are so many different types of tickets in different areas, it’s impossible to be sure if you are getting a reasonable deal.

John Wilson, Cambridgeshire

It should never have been sold off in the first place. No consultation and given away for pennies.

Lesley Perrin, Devon

20 years of above inflation price hikes and I’m travelling in trains, not properly cleaned, with broken dirty toilets.

Tina Comparini, Southampton

We’re travelling like cattle. It is not free either. Give the hard-working passengers some dignity.

Sakinadesilva De Silva, Watford

Let’s roll back the last twenty years of mayhem and costs and bring back good old British Rail, a wonderful institution.

Brenda McCraith, Kettering

The only way to travel that makes sense. By the people for the people. The competition fallacy has derailed with the success of East Coast thus far.

Justin Grasty, York