Bring back British Rail and stop the Tory destruction of the country’s infrastructure.

Anthony Hill, Crewe

Nationalise all public services.

Jason George Walker, Stoke-on-Trent

Passing national services to private money is a disgrace. When profit is paramount the service suffers.

Michael Osborne, Nottingham

Other EU countries have it so much better, so why can’t we?

Simon McDonagh, Lewes

Finally, a group has the courage to say what many are thinking.

Michael Lotinga, Bristol

Why don’t any of the politicians have the courage to do it? It’s so obvious.

Geof Branch, London

The system as it is now is a bloody mess and one big massive rip-off.

Paul Lenihan, London

Please keep the rail network in public, not private, hands.

Robin Allen, Wellingborough

Please put Britain’s railways back to when we had the most efficient railways in Europe, i.e. when they were state run, like the majority of European ones are now.

Richard Lewis, Sheffield

Public transport should be run in the interests of the people who use it, not private companies who want to profit from it.

Simon Reynell, Sheffield

We need a rail system that looks after the public, not share holders as at present.

Allan Precious, Billingham

Give us back our railways – you know it makes sense.

Martin Spence, Penge

Nationalise now!

Josh Hutchinson , Cambridge

Rail transport should be counted as a social service.

William Harris, Manchester

The nation’s infrastructure must belong to the people.

Frank Lerner, London

Real fares for real people.

Noah Thompson, Harrogate

The only way forward.

Ivor Wiggett, London

Privatisation of British Rail has not worked. It costs the country more, does not provide a service and so it is time to change.

Douglas Miller, Northallerton

British Railwas truly the golden age of railways. Make railways accountable to the taxpayer, not the shareholder.

Akshat Khare, London

I’m an ex railway employee, when it was British Rail until Beeching had his way.

Kenneth Johnson, Alnwick

Train costs at a stupid level while private companies reap the benefits, our government needs to step up.

Emilia Hoffmann, Penrith

The profits will then go to the country so just do it.

Benjamin Sirota, Whitstable

It would be better off re-nationalised. More efficient, more homogenous and any profits going back to the Treasury.

Ian Buckley, Watford

It should never have been privatised in the first place.

James Nicholson, Camelford

Public transport must serve the interests of the public.

Alex Bailey, Craven Arms

May I, as a trainspotter, agree that British Rail should come back. Privatisation has gone mad. British Rail for life!

Mason Bennett, Hull

If it works, why change it?

Geoff Shinner, Telford

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

100% rise in cost and decline in service speaks for itself.

Evan Humphreys, Abergele

Privatising railways was a politically inspired experiment with a clear negative outcome. Britain’s railways are over-expensive, under-co-ordinated and inefficient.

Arnold Zermansky, Leeds