I want value for money: £4,000 a year and no seat.

Lisa Morley, Margate

I want full nationalisation.

Pamela Cooke, Sheffield

Join up the dots.

Samuel Nelson, Erskine

We as a population have paid for these public institutions. How dare our elected government decide to sell it all off.

Rosie Dee, Bristol

Thanks Dr Beeching. Power to the people.

George Percy, North Shields

The train operators are disgusting. We never had this problem under British Railways. You can’t keep running the railway as it stands today.

Robert Tudor, Redditch

The sooner the better.

Graham Chadwick, Littleborough

As a 45 year railway man [retired] I long for a return to a corporate image.

Chris Price, Inverness

The railway system of this country is too important to be left to private companies to run. We want more public accountability for rail services and pricing.

Susan Roberts, Nottingham

In my trainspotting days it was British Railways. Why stop at Rail?

Bill Peter, Aberfeldy

Best idea ever.

Rebecca Harper, Nottingham

They should never have been privatised in the first place.

Kingsley Elliff, Halesworth

I’ve finally reached the end of my tether with trains recently. I’ve always used them because they were greener, cheaper and pleasant. Not any more. Just too expensive.

Sally Brown, Leeds

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

Alan Masson, Dunbar

The public sector is the only credible and efficient owner of East Coast mainline since privatisation was forced on the system.

Rod Stapley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

I’m fed up with Arriva Trains’ poor and expensive service (if you can call it a service).

Mike Morris, Swansea

Why should profits be given to the fat cats when the profits could and should be ploughed back into the industry?

Roy England, Watford

I haven’t been in the UK for 12 years but I used to love riding the rails and I’m saddened by what I’ve heard about how things have gone down hill since privatisation.

Michael Yates, Billings

Enough is enough. Let’s get back to a joined-up rail system.

Fiona Wright, London

Any profits should be ploughed back into the business – not shared out amongst already fat fat-cats,

Andy Meikle, Bexleyheath

Th current situation is a mess. Something which should be as straightforward as planning journeys and buying tickets can be a nightmare.

Carole Hope, Bromley

We have a Third World train service.

James Jarvis, Southampton

Bring back British Rail. Stop ripping off the British public.

Paul Edwards, Wolverhampton

East Coast is publicly owned, well-run and makes money for us – the public. Let’s see the rest of the network follow suit.

Carole Price, Hexham

Make public transport a public concern once more. Tickets are not profit slips for fat cats.

Jenny Reeves, Faversham

Merseyrail is a disgusting excuse for a rail network, run only for profit and it has impacted my life negatively. Something needs to be done about it.

Aaron Owens, Liverpool

We need a fairly priced, efficient public transport system that’s run for people and not for profit.

Gwennan Thomas, London

Bring back British Rail and bring back national rail engineering to support it.

Karen Springer, Derby

I’ve been waiting for this since leaving British Rail civil engineering when it got given on a plate to the business men.

Ted

Nationalise Network Rail now.

Malcolm Rodger, Bath