Rail transport is a national asset. Treat it like one.

Peter Harris, Southampton

The current service on the East Coast line shows that a public service is better than the private one.

Paul Dunn, Portishead

Bring back British Rail.

Nicholas Parry, Colchester

As a regular commuter, I often have to face delays, rising fares and poor quality of services. Let’s make a change.

Matthew Culley, Barrow-in-Furness

Keep Britain British.

Wes Taylor, Havant

It makes sense, pays money back into the exchequer and costs less to rail users.

Marc Scheimann, Luton

It’s time to put an end to the privatisation of our rail networks. I’m fed up with paying over-inflated prices for inadequate services run by those who remain untouchable.

Dean Faccini, Surbiton

Privatisation has failed. Result? The most expensive railways in Europe.

Malcolm Grant, Plungar

The transport monopolies cannot lose – it’s a win-win situation for them backed by the government.

Mike Friend

Re-nationalise the railways and stop creaming off a profit for people wealthy enough not to need it.

Rebecca Devitt, Southampton

Privatisation is not working. Why should our railway be in the hands of foreign state-owned organisations?

John Tooth, Stoke-on-Trent

My father, my granddad, my uncle, my ex-partner all worked on BR. How it has been run and maintained the past few years has been of great concern to me.

Sharon Roberts, Colchester

It’s great that we finally have a forum to help put an end to this crazy state of affairs that is rail privatisation.

Stephen Millership, Stockport

The railways should be for the public, not for fat cat directors who cream off any profits.

Brian Fidler, Oxford

For an affordable and integrated public transport network.

Caroline Schmutz, London

Privatisation does not work, and will never work. It’s time to take ownership back into public hands.

Mark Simmons-Jenkins, Crediton

The last time the railways were nationalised they were systematically starved of investment. Ensuring that does not happen again will make the re-nationalisation successful.

Eric Mcrory, Bearsden

I think that a country’s public transport is a reflection of what the powers that be think of their citizenry.

Stephen Newberry, Hove

It makes total sense.

Nick West, London

BR was better – not perfect, but better..

Nikki Doyle, Nottingham

I’m sick to death with constantly rising fares, petty fines, cancellations, delays, overcrowded trains, an ever diminishing service from my town and the incompetent FGW staff.

Tom Mileham, Lostwithiel

It’s absolutely disgusting that a season ticket is £6,000. Compare it to Singapore for example. The trains are so much bigger there with air-conditioning.

Georgina Lum, Essex

The highest prices and worst service in Western Europe. It’s time for a change now.

Warren Sherwin, Bolton

The London train system desperately needs improving.

Paul Nelson, London

What about the Post Office and Royal Mail?

Susan Gassaway

East Coast is an example of how much better it is not to have the railway privatised. The further advantage there used to be of one unified system would be welcome.

Carole Green, York

We are subsidising foreign rail companies and the government are responsible. These companies would not do it for a loss.

Geoffrey Barlow, Warrington

I want rail fares to be the same tariff wherever I go. It’s too complicated trying to find the best deals for an elderly pensioner.

Jeanne Ross-Osborne, Southampton

East Coast making a profit? Enough said really.

Dave Bushell, Hawkhurst

The continuing rise in the price of rail fares is completely unjustified given the terrible service.

Duncan Banks, Milton Keyns