Enough of high priced and shoddy services for the traveller.

Tim Brown, Leeds

We own it.

Thomas Butlin, Loughborough

I’m sick of rip-off fares and crowded conditions.

Katy Thompson, Brixton

Re-train Britain for a more sustainable future.

Glenn Tregillis, Winchester

We need an integrated national rail system. It is the only rational answer to the current chaos.

Phillip Pritchard, Edgbaston

Follow the example of the East Coast line, in public hands and profitable.

Terence Bly, London

The railways need to be brought back to the people.

Andrew Cooper, Wigan

Re-nationalise.

Oscar Speed, Nottingham

Overpriced fares, overcrowded and late trains. When FCC franchise runs out in 2014 the route should be taken back into public ownership. Put passengers before profits.

Teresa Smith, Royston

Time to concentrate on what’s best for the travelling public not shareholders.

Michael Ramsey, Birmingham

Civilised societies run transport, health, education etc. as services, not opportunities for private profit.

Rebecca Michel, Exeter

Thank you for what you are doing.

Kathleen Haldane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The free market ideology that privatised railways means profit for the few while the state bails out. It’s the same with the energy companies and now the NHS.

Garry Thomas, Strathaven

We need investment in new trains. Why would a company with no long term guarantee of keeping its contract invest in new stock?

Diane Green, Huddersfield

I commute weekly to University and if I wasn’t lucky enough to have a sponsor how would I afford it? Transport is a necessity for all, not a luxury.

Debbie Goldsmith,

Public service not private profit.

John Rowlinson, Westcliff on Sea

Absolute joke Virgin – the trains are outdated and falling to bits.

Steven Hinchliffe, Huddersfield

Re-nationalise, and then re-extend. We don’t just need to reverse the sell-off, but also Beeching’s cuts.

Margaret Healey-Pollett, Birmingham

Commuting on modern trains costs more than driving. How can this be moral? Privatisation was a horrible mistake and should never have been done.

Jayne Carter, Weston super Mare

Labour: get this sorted.

Liam Booth, Manchester

Bring back a rail company that actually cares for its passengers and employees.

Jordan Walker, Darwen

The railways were much better in BR days. Now it’s just a confusing mess with all these train operators who are only interested in their own profits. Bring back BR.

Darren Kidd, Salisbury

I’m a proud member of the Wrexham – Birkenhead Rail Users’ Association.

John Edmondson, Heswall

Bring back British Rail then fewer cars on the roads.

Margaret Hines, Sheffield

Power to the people.

Charles Burgess, Eastbourne

A bad decision. Reverse it.

Tom Hillard, Chepstow

Re-nationalise, for a rail service ran for the good of the people and not foreign millionaires.

Matthew Rogers, Yeovil

Of course the railways, the utilities and other natural monopolies and key sectors of the economy should be run as public services and not for private profit.

Penelope Newsome

I’m tired of the privatisation mantra. The market does not create efficiency or keep prices in check. Re-nationalise rail now.

Robert Bayley, Ely

I’m not a big train user, just fed up with being ripped off by privatisation. It’s the same with Royal Mail.

Michelle Hunt, Bristol