Bring it all back – Boyo.

David Tidball, London

Surely profit would be better in the government’s bank account to keep the money in the UK.

Ray Dawes, York

It’s time we could travel for a decent price all over the UK.

Pru Dickson, Oxford

I want to see an end to days where travelling on trains causes anxiety because employees treat passengers as potential cheats rather than decent citizens.

Brian Wilkinson, Harrogate

The government should run the country to benefit citizens, not big business. They need to be reminded of this.

Susan Shaw, Barnsley

The UK’s rail network shouldn’t be subservient to shareholders’ interests and fares should be reasonable for all.

John Phantis, Bath

If BR had had the same financial injection of cash that Network Rail is having the whole network would have been modernised by now.

Dave Makin, Kettering

We need to be able to afford to travel by train again and to have a reliable service.

Anne Morrison, Bristol

I worked for British Rail in 70’s – the butt of everyone’s jokes, but a fully inclusive company. No franchises. Now everyone is paying for privatisation, profit and greed.

Bob Pinder, Hebburn

It goes from bad to worse. God help those that have to travel to work every day. It’s expensive and useless.

Patricia Notcutt, London

In the beginning we had a fragmented rail system and it failed and was nationalised. As usual Tory ideas drag us backwards.

Gareth Toms, Sheffield

It was just better. Sort it out Whitehall.

Gareth Ayre, Durham

Clean, comfortable, punctual trains with pleasant staff. Re-open branch lines with good connections. All this would greatly relieve congestion on the roads.

Joy Edwards, Bradninch

It’s time to end this horrible mess, stop lining the pockets of shareholders with ever-rising, exorbitant fares, and bring back mass transport for the masses.

Timothy Isaacs, Bishop’s Stortford

I use the train loads and I would love it to be better.

Daniel Isles, Cirencester

We support you 100%. In Bulgaria government wants to sell our railways too and systematically to ruin our Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ).

Relsov Obshtestven, Sofia, Bulgaria

Let’s get back all that has been privatised to make the rich richer.

Wayne Cargill, London

Privatisation has failed – fragmented services, high fares, health and safety issues, fewer staff and worse to come. No to private profit, Yes to public benefit.

Carrie Hedderwick, Sheffield

We need trains so that people can get out and about and get to work.

Sandra Redden, Northampton

Money, money, money and greed. That’s all it is. Exploiting those who don’t have any other choice but to travel by train.

Stephanie Lemmon, Kent

Transport is part of our mobility infrastructure. Not a profit opportunity.

Kuldeep Nazran, Norbury

Scrap the corrupt privatisation model. Justice for the 99%.

Paul Monaghan, Liverpool

Let’s reclaim at least one of our national bodies from big business and foreign investors.

Iva Ellis, Chesterfield

Stop crippling your own workforce by making it more difficult and expensive to get to work.

Ian Sharman, Norwich

I believe that railways should be run for the people and not for private profit. This is such an important service and decisions should be made in the interests of the public.

Vanessa Bowen, Harrogate

They should never have been privatised. Public transport should be a public service, for the benefit of the passengers, not for the subsidised profit of a few shareholders.

Ian Brown, Cheadle

The rail system used and abused for profit by private companies with profit to their pals the only goal.

Jake Church, Montrose

Please bring it all back to reality.

Charlotte Graham, Huddersfield

Bring back British Rail.

John Pruvedenti, Somerset

Could we get BR as good as SNCF?

Ian Buckley, Castle Douglas