Chiltern are the worst train operating company in the UK.

Glenn Gridley, Aylesbury

We are all totally sick of being ripped off and feel that the only way forward is to re-nationalise the rail network.

Nounette Noble, Bradford

No more unfulfilled promises of improvements. Nationalise now. People before profits for a change.

Susan Murphy, Newark

Rail fares keep going up and up when services do not get better. This has to stop.

Richard O’Sullivan, London

Privatisation has simply meant expensive tickets for commuters (and also tourists). I’m Italian and I can’t understand how British people have accepted this unfair system.

Fabio Massei, Livorno, Italy

The number of reasons for having an efficient, clean and reliable Rail Network are vast and numerous, yet since privatisation the Network has been anything but.

Danny Elliott, Lincoln

Bring it back and let’s run the service for all the people and not for the profits for a few. Think of what good all that money could do for the industry and more.

Steve Fishwick, London

Labour’s John Prescott spoke of the idea before they were elected the first time. What happened? Labour caved in to city pressure is my guess. Let’s do it now.

John Self, Wissett

We shouldn’t have to wait this long before we get back what was once ours.

Jim Granter, Alsager

Bring back British Rail.

Naeem Hanif, Wakefield

I used to work for BR at Reading, loved every minute of it then they privatised it and it lost its attraction.

Chris Uren, Bracknell

I support Caroline Lucas’s proposal to take each rail component back into public ownership as franchises finish. East Coast shows how much better it would be.

Steve Higgins, Leeds

It’s criminal what happened and continues to happen to the railway.

David Hill, Crewe

Obvious solution.

Matthew Nelmes, London

Look no further than the success of East Coast Railways in comparison with the failure of previous privatised companies.

Michael Lindsay, Harrogate

This has to be done. No more big profits from robbing the people who pay Fares.

Peter Forster, Haltwhistle

The privatisation of BR was a criminal destruction of a well-functioning railway system for the stupidest ideological reasons and has been a disaster for Britain.

Francis Nixon, Marton, New Zealand

It should never have been privatised in the first place.

James Nicholson, Camelford

This country’s rail prices are disgusting. Look at the rest of Europe and take note. Government, we will not stand for this anymore.

Charlotte Young, Derby

We need a railway system to be proud of, which can once again become the envy of the world!

Neil Sheehan, Merseyside

Make sure railway people run it.

Colin Glenister, Wellingborough

Railway travel should be a public service and return to public ownership, just as water, gas and electricity should be.

Philip Dawes, Chesterfield

Isn’t it obvious that privatisation is rubbish? The only rail line that is in profit and running trains on time is the only one that hasn’t been privatised, i.e. East Coast.

Jean-Ann Gascoigne, York

I’m sick of train fares going up every year. It’s an absolute farce. How is this sustainable?

Javed Miah, London

Value for passengers not profit for financiers.

Sydney Wilmshurst, Caterham

Renationalise the railways now.

Josh Learwood, London

There can be no coherent public transport or environmental policies without a nationalised railway system.

Stephen Holland, Nottingham

Better for all users, for the economy, for the environment.

Michael Edwards, London

I am an ex-railway employee and frequent rail user. There is no room for any competition in the railways, so no sense in privatising.

Stephen Brooks, Folkestone

Rail travel is a public service and it should be run as one and not for profit. Look at London.

David Butler, Chester