We are being put to shame by other countries’ rail networks. What happened to the great British Railways? Bring them Back!

Lesley Parkhouse, Bath

Yes, and bring back buffet cars as well.

Sven Hanson, Brighton

Let’s fix this. One of the biggest mistakes in the ’90s.

Dave Gonzalez, Oxfordshire

Disabled people need to be able to bring tricycles on trains.

Martin Powell, Wigton

Too expensive to use.

Carole Dennis, Newton Abbot

Bring back BR.

Ste Hannon, Liverpool

Time to take back what was stolen from us.

Peter Crampton, Halifax

Save us money, save us time.

James Harris, Birmingham

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

As a trainspotter, I would really like to see British Rail return. Fares are the worst part of privatisation in my opinion, they are high and inconsistent.

Verumignis, London

They should never have been sold off to greedy private companies who have ripped off the travelling public ever since.

Margaret Crisp, Edinburgh

A Dorset Tory MP told Mrs Thatcher that privatising the railways would be ‘Poll tax on wheels’. A pity she didn’t listen.

Mike Chaney, Dorchester

If only British Rail had got the subsidies all these private railway companies receive, what a network we could have had.

William Paddock, Edinburgh

It’s our railway so why is it owned by foreign businesses? Let’s bring it back into the hands of the people who use it.

Tommy Neilan, London

If the East Coast mainline can make money for the government, so can all the others.

Ken Howe, Hexham

Also bring back some of the many lost stations. Reduce individual cars on the road and more railways for everyone.

Elizabeth Clark, Peterborough

It’s a shocking current service. Every six months ticket prices rise yet there’s no improvement to the service. There are delays every day.

Hannah Mordin, Cambridge

Put public service before private greed.

Andy Griffiths, Carlisle

Bring back a publicly-owned and run national rail service.

Greg Logan, Kirkcaldy

Crippling our economy with poor and over-priced transport systems is not how the UK should be treated. My wife has to pay over 10% of her salary for her train ticket.

Dimitri Stama, London

It is clear that the ridiculous increase in train prices each year is for shareholders. Each year my fares go up with no improvement in service.

Grace French, Luton

As a victim of the shambles that is NorthernFail, I support re-nationalisation.

Beth Kenny, Manchester

It’s a disgrace that we pay more money in and get less out.

Richard Stott, Berwick-upon-Tweed

I am totally against train operators’ high pricing, which still doesn’t guarantee a comfortable seat.

Ted Hammond, Daventry

Bring back British Rail and start re-nationalisation.

Darren Sumner, Newport

It’s time to run a railway for people instead of private profit.

Graeme McMullen, London

This company has ruined my life. No words can describe the pain I have been through including my wife’s 40th ruined.

Scott Berman, Chelmsford

It is time to go back in time as, after 20 years of reflection and many lessons learnt, I believe the train transport can be run more effectively by the state.

Margaret Harrison, Bristol

British Rail should be back in the hands of the public not in the hands of greedy corporations, MPs and the rest of the money-grabbing parasites.

Patricia Smethurst, Chigwell

I have to take the train twice a week and I can’t afford these fares. On one of the Trans-Pennine routes the fare is nearly one pound a minute. It’s insane and has to stop.

Benjamin Wheeler, Ambleside