I am not a socialist, but believe the railway system and utilities should be in public ownership.

Ian Shaw, Cotgrave

Privatisation just hasn’t delivered.

Shelley Mulholland, Sheffield

A long-suffering Abellio Greater Anglia customer.

James Martin, Wickford

We need to start taking control of what we have in the country instead of letting out to foreign ownership.

Valerie Price-West, Llanybydder

All public transport and the Royal Mail should be publicly owned and never sold.

Scott Adair, Glasgow

Privatisation has been an unmitigated disaster for the passenger, the taxpayer, the railway network and British manufacturing.

Richard Trotman, Penistone

Trains for people not for profit.

Alan Bowers, Liverpool

Far too expensive and people getting rich on the back of it. Let’s subsidise and bring down prices, not make fat cats richer.

Aud Jones, Leicester

For people not for profit.

Owen Smithson, Hornsea

The privatisation has been a sham and a travesty.

Colin Ives, Wigan

The present structure is not working for the customers’ benefit. All it does is make the private rail companies loads of excessive profits.

Steve Cowie, Inverness

Doesn’t the government listen to the voters nowadays?

Keith Mackley, Leeds

It should never have been privatised. We are allowing the rail companies to rip us off in return for poor services.

Fred Potter, Dundee

It would be a damn sight more reliable in giving a better service instead of lining someone’s pocket.

Roger Semmens, Penzance

Speaks for itself

Mark Hyne, Liskeard

Nationalise the entire rail system, permanently.

Robert Slater, Herne Bay

British Railwas more publicly orientated and less just out for profit. It just makes for an awful railway system.

Justin Cryer, Weston-super-Mare

Bring back British Rail to save our railways.

Shirley Clough, Blackpool

Bring it back. Give all of us contractors working away some job security and let us shine to our full potential instead of being stuck as shovel monkeys.

Paul Collinson, Shildon

I am very lucky that I am now retired and don’t have to spend a king’s ransom on going to work on public transport.

Stephen Garratt, Coulsdon

Transport is vital and would be preferable in the public interest rather than big business.

Janet Groundsell, Isle of Wight

For the sake of convenience, and especially for those travellers who have to travel across country, let’s get tickets through one organisation.

Alan Martin, Weston-super-Mare

As a Scottish student I like being able to travel home once in a while, but even with a railcard it can cost over £50 one way. This has to be reduced.

Christopher Irvine, Lancaster

I completely agree.

Nicholas Seivewright, Dartford

They are ripping us off.

Sheepa Ahmed, London

At least it would be accountable to the voter/user. London Midland is a service for anyone but the paying passenger.

Pauline Pallavicini, Birmingham

I love train travel and see it as an essential public service – not a private business. A nationalised rail network makes perfect sense.

Glyn Roberts, London

Railway privatisation is proof of the saying ‘bullshit baffles brains’. Lies and propaganda from the railway industry crooks are not acceptable any more.

Alan Bond, Watchet

Should be in public ownership for future generations to benefit, not shareholders.

Scott Smith, Glasgow

A nationalised rail system in Britain would bring more efficient service for customers. In addition workers would be proud to work for the good of people not profit.

Elizabeth Collier, Liverpool