Don’t let British Rail be privatised.

John O’Regan, Limerick

The rail system is a national asset, and far too important to be in private hands.

Camilla Boon, Chalford

Lower your prices.

Emaan Ahsan, London

We are great when we create

Susan Anderson, Doncaster

Bring back nationalisation.

David Richardson, Bedlington

Trains are for the rich only now. They’ve priced me into car journeys only as it’s cheaper.

Darrell Hart, Croydon

One company, one goal.

Ian Hendry, Perth

No other country ever divided their nationally-owned railway into so many disparate pieces to create the most expensive system in the world.

Murray Grigor, Inverkeithing

Re-nationalise our railways now to stop the above inflation fare rises!

Thomas John Wheeler, Dyfed

Nationalising the railway will lower the cost on the taxpayer and lower fares. Having 2000 different companies is a mess. Bring back British Rail.

Arthur Simpkin, Hassocks

One country, one service. Now it’s far, far too complicated.

Virginia Rowe, Swindon

I feel trapped in my city, as rail is uninviting and expensive.

Jack Elliott, Leeds

I wish for a publicly-owned and accountable railway.

Ray Jackson, Sheffield

The train companies are thieves, they steal from the young and thrive off the poverty of the country with an increase in demand – we need to put an end to this.

Jack Gouldbourne, Southampton

Rail priority should be to benefit the country and the people.

Gary Ellam, Stafford

Commuters are not there to be exploited for vast profits.

Joy Partridge, Chesterfield

This is no way to run a railway. Simplify, unify, make it cheaper, get cars off the road.

Joanna Dunn, Nottingham

Transport should be public.

Paul Culkin, Liverpool

I have nothing to add that isn’t obvious and said already.

Michael Morrison, Chelmsford

Give it back and stop privatising. We own it, the people of the United Kingdom.

Dennis Browne, Peterborough

We invented rail travel and we should lead it, not be the butt of European Jokes. Every other country I have visited has a better rail service than the UK.

Paul Denney, Dursley

A necessity that is run for profit and greed, the same as the utilities.

Lucy Musk, Welwyn Garden City

Bring back common sense rail travel.

William Kerr, Ellon

The success of East Coast where private companies failed makes the case for bringing back British Rail.

Eileen Gibbon, Sheffield

Rail prices are high, service is low and standards are low.

Kevin Courtney, Liverpool

We want cheap fares. I want to travel around the network but it’s so expensive.

Ted Barnes, Aylesbury

There has to be a better way to organise our national rail service than as it is now.

Margaret Pitt, London

Corporate media conspired to wrest British Rail from public ownership.

Mohammed Zulkernain, Slough

Base it on the French model.

John Maguire, Edinburgh