Rail fares increase, subsidies higher than ever, privatisation in its current form is abysmal.

Andrew Dolan, Peterborough

They should never have been privatised in the first place!

Joanne Hutchinson, Chichester

As a frequent rail traveller, I find the services in this country dreadful. The North Wakes Coast trains are being run in an unsafe and dangerous manner with no care.

Denny Evans, Flint

It’s long overdue. How can there be any sense in selling off East Coast (when it was making UK PLC money) to Richard Branson whose West Coast line rips people off!?

Russ Hepworth-Harvey, Nelson

Privatisation doesn’t work for anyone but shareholders.

Dawne Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Railways must be nationalised. They should never have been privatised. It’s a service not a business.

Daniel Sargent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

I am disgusted at poor train services, high ticket prices and public money being paid into the hands of shareholders instead of funding public services. Re-nationalise.

Louise Kemp, Haywards Heath

I heard about this campaign group on the Today programme recently. The spokesperson was terrific. I sympathise with the disgruntled Southern staff too.

Saffron Swansborough, Herstmonceux

It will benefit everyone and leave our economy better off.

Oliver Smith, Wold Newton

Privatisation was a very big mistake. It’s just making massive profits for the operating companies which should be ploughed back into the network.

Allan Hedley, Cumbria

Having multiple companies running the trains is a disaster. I’d prefer a non-profit company (if not government) running our railways with the needs of passengers put first.

Andrew Brown, London

Yes, bring back national rail. It was ours in the first place. What right did they have to sell it off? They didn’t ask me.

John Brown, London

One organisation looking after the whole network for the benefit of the people.

Susan Garner, Peterborough

I loved British Rail as a tourist. I miss it.

Nea McKeon, Albuquerque, USA

The transport monopolies cannot lose – it’s a win-win situation for them backed by the government.

Mike Friend

It’s time we had more say on public services.

Babel Wallace, London

For too long we have trusted private companies to improve essential services, and instead we are seeing few improvements but ever-increasing bills.

Lesley Mais, Leeds

Should be LNER / GWR / LMS / Southern owned by the people.

Darren Briggs, York

End corporate greed. Bring back people’s services for the people.

Suki Mann, Gosport

Enough is enough. Give us back our railways.

Mary Thomas, Plymouth

It simply makes sense.

Jeannine Cooper, Bingley

Our railways should be British owned, not German (DB Schenker), French, Dutch, Canadian or American.

David Rae, Loughborough

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

I want rail fares to be the same tariff wherever I go. It’s too complicated trying to find the best deals for an elderly pensioner.

Jeanne Ross-Osborne, Southampton

Greed, greed, greed, greed.

Richard Moss, Shipley

It is high time the government started to provide efficient and effective railway transport in the UK.

Brian Hamill, Ballymena

Do what other countries do and subsidise the rail network and bring back British Rail. It worked.

Elizabeth Plumb, Cambridge

Rail fares are beyond reason for the worst quality trains, and most overcrowded service in Europe. It needs fixing – fast. We’re no longer getting there.

Andrew Dugdale, Reading