Ticket prices are now so high that they will force commuters off the trains. Please re-nationalise the railways and run them as a public service.

Alison Smith, Hove

The public need to take control again or you will end up like the roads, in dire straits.

Robert Davies, Durham

Bring back BR, and just manage it properly – you don’t need private firms for that.

Christine & Vic Taylor, Nottingham

BR was proper railways.

Nick Barnett, Hove

Nationalise the railways, privatisation has failed as was predicted. Public money for friends of the Tories!

Eve Wallis, Birmingham

The railways need good management in the nationalised sector with the capacity to raise funds to make improvements.

Maureen Cooper, London

What a mess.

John Birbeck, York

Bring back BR now.

Michael Newman, Chelmsford

I totally agree with bringing British Rail back. Instead of rail being in corporate hands, give it back to the people.

Mark Pullen, Ripley

Long overdue.

Colin Farlow, Exeter

I’m fed up with high prices, illogical fares and poor, unprofessional service.

Matthew Griffin, Gillingham

National transport should belong to the nation.

Jeanette Harold, Consett

What does ‘peak time’ even mean? So I have to pay more, but it’s highly likely I might not even get on my train, let alone get a sea. It should be the complete opposite.

Mike Hellyer, London

This situation is inefficient and costly. West Coast would be better off in state hands.

Howard Sanders, Crawley

Re-nationalise British Rail and re-connect with the bus timetable so that people can plan an entire journey as we used to.

Emily Ormerod, Oxford

Our railways belong to us. They should not be run for profit other than to raise money to improve the service. We gave the railways to the world, now we want ours back.

John Stephens, Welwyn Garden City

All the privatised utility and transport industries must be brought back into public ownership – particularly the NHS.

Lee Rowles, Holywell

Re-nationalise British Rail and give us our reliability back.

Chris Hardy, Cheshire

The UK rail service has never been so disorganised, with so many prices available for the same journey depending on when and how you buy a ticket.

Rob Jones, Penmaenmawr

Bring back British Rail. I’m tired of the poor service, dirty trains, unhelpful staff and expensive travel. You want us off the roads? Make our trains are better.

Asher Coleman, Lowestoft

This should be the start of re-nationalising of all the srrvices, including power suppliers.

Martin Coupe, Nottingham

The present system is chaos.

Mellory Darlington, Burntwood

It must be done properly, and that means taking ownership of all the track, rolling-stock, infrastructure etc.

Rich Fisher, Bristol

Bring them back.

Joe Cottrill, Deganwy

Train fares are way too high, especially if you want to travel on a Friday. Why?

Susan Bayley, Derby

Bring back British Rail – all is forgiven.

Mike Smith, Newcastle upon Tyne

As a daily commuter, most of the time I’m crushed on entrance. I wouldn’t mind if it was cheap, but it’s not. It’s fast becoming a rich boy’s means of travel..

Gemma Brown, Bristol

And re-nationalise all the utilities.

Patrick Vaughan, Welwyn Garden City

East Coast is beating all the private companies. The best European networks are state-owned. Private rail is dear and dangerous.

Richard Symonds, Broadstairs

Fragmentation has wasted money on in-fighting instead of delivering a fully integrated service for business and families.

Alan King, Edinburgh