I commute with First Capital Connect, robbed of £4k per year. Rising fares and sinking service.

Sandra Robinson, Bedford

A railway for people, not profit.

Marc Harris, Blackpool

National services work for the benefit of society not profit.

Ayman Sheltawy, Leeds

No compensation for any of the companies currently running the railways. They’ve had quite enough already.

Peter Stoodley, Bradford

No-brainer.

Sarah Davis, London

Yet another delayed journey on a network unfit for purpose because it is run for private profit.

Alan Masson, Dunbar

A single state owned but not state run railway – run for non profit and for the people!

David McIntosh, Liverpool

Privatisation has been an unmitigated disaster.

Paul Lock, Stroud

Bring back British Rail.

Richard Smith, Eastleigh

Nationalisation is the only choice we have now, as we did when British Railways first came into being in 1948.

Colin Flowerday

We need a subsidised system of travel to help get us to work – not delay and tax us.

Paul Rum, Hove

Bring it back.

Derek Ansell, Clacton

Privatisation has led to costs that are unaffordable for the common commuters.

Pranjal Mathur, Hook

We have been ripped off for two decades by rail privatisation. We fund it, we should own it.

John Plumm, Harrogate

Privatisation has failed. We now have a far more expensive, far less reliable service than we ever had under British Railways and British Rail, and people are fed up with it.

R O’Connor, Lincoln

Bring back British Rail for service not profit.

Sean Sharples, Basildon

Southern Rail are an utter disgrace. Bring back a rail service that actually serves the public rather than lines private pockets.

Angela Breen, Reigate

How do the current owners expect the elderly without IT skills to book an economical journey, I wonder?

Joyce Paterson, Stamford

I loved British Rail. Bring it back now.

Chris Lovett, Charlwood, Surrey

It’s a good idea as long as the prices are low and it is run properly.

Elizabeth Taylor, Guisborough

Only public service can deliver a service with the public not shareholders in mind.

Martin Cummins, Edinburgh

Privatising critical services does not work.

Harrison Foster, Portsmouth

Rail is the most extensive and universal form of public transport. So it needs to be publicly owned.

Mauro Ciaccio, Cambridge

This system has to end. Nationalise the rail network. Save us money, and invest more. You can do both

Timothy Shroll, Alton

I use East Coast mainline regularly and it’s the best operator in Britain.

Barry Mead, Tadcaster

It shouldn’t be cheaper to fly domestically over rail travel.

Zach Lines, St Albans

End privatisation.

Natalie Clarke, London

Follow the East Coast example and make profit for the taxpayer.

Kenneth Mudd, Guisborough

Everything should be back in the tax payers’ hands.

John F Spencer, Shirebrook

We need a coordinated rail system and cheaper fares.

Kevin Higgins , Ely