Privatisation has created a railway that in every conceivable way is truly an abomination.

Hector, Cheshire

When I looked into journeys I would like to make by train, I found it was far too expensive and extremely complicated so I just went by road instead.

Norman Noy

You know it makes sense.

Matt Malone, Flitwick

Network Rail manager pay is just sickening.

Bernard Carney, Leeds

It’s scandalous that the government wants to sell off Network Rail. We absolutely must keep it in public hands.

Michael Thompson, High Peak

British rail services are getting more expensive and worse and we are being taken for a ride (no pun intended) It must stop.

Charlotte O’Neill, London

Privatisation has not shown itself to be good value for money and the different franchises don’t provide a ‘joined-up’ service.

Jason Clements, Harrogate

Bring back British Rail. It belongs to us, the public.

Karen Maloney, Maidstone

A service paid for by us and we also get to vote for the government to manage our rail service.

William McGiven, Derby

We must bring back British Rail. It makes sense and is the way forward.

Nicholas Harding, Chippenham

Return to taxpayers on the East Coast line proves a publicly-owned rail network is the best for all and not just the few.

Catherine Hallam, Rotherham

State-owned railways and utilities. Profit for the people.

Jean Welsh, Bradford

Transport is a vital service. It cannot be left in the hands of a disjointed collection of private concerns who’s first priority is to make a profit at our expense.

Theodora Ford, Colchester

I am tired of paying a fortune for a train that doesn’t have enough carriages to allow passengers a seat, that’s often late, causing it to terminate at an early station.

Daniel Musgrove, Cardiff

Major infrastructure components such as all of the rail network should be nationally owned and operated.

Andrew Moore, Enfield

While I never lived in the age of British Rail, it was in a better state than our current railways. Bring back NSE, Bring back provincial, bring back British Rail.

Marc Carless, St Albans

We need to have the best rail system ever. Under British Rail we will get that.

Colin Carr, Walmer

It seems that the demise of East Coast has allowed the very rich companies who ran them to be let off from paying their massive debts – I.e. taxpayers money.

Margaret McGowan, Edinburgh

I will be glad when the British Railways board is running all our railways again and Cameron gets six lace holes up his arse!

Colin Flowerday

I’d happily pay more tax for a smoother, cheaper, nicer, national railway system.

Elliot Ellison, Bristol

It’s a no-brainer! Power to the people, not profits to the fat cats.

Cassy Firth, Leeds

I would like profits currently paid to shareholders put back into our services and not have them sold off in the fist place.

Karl Groom, Bracknell

I have watched rail travel get worse and worse over the last forty years. It needs sorting out.

Russ Hore, Pattingham

Privatisation drives up prices and encourages companies to make too much money out of a public service.

Jennie C-Knight, Cromer

As soon as possible.

David Bradley, Hove

I’d love to have a unified, publicly-owned railway.

Gerlinde Rambausek, Frome

Trains are delayed every day and we are just supposed to accept it. At work I get 10 minutes to not be classed as late but a train has to be 30 minutes late for a refund.

Chris Sullivan, Dartford

Now is the time to move forward and build on the past investments to create a real rail network, not a patchwork of unconnected ‘for profit’ companies.

Glynn Huggins, Sevenoaks

Privatisation of the rail networks does not work – I travelled to and from London from Liverpool or Carlisle for a while. Profiteering on infrastructure is damaging.

Carl Dodd, Birkenhead

Please bring back British Rail – we need it now more than ever and upgrade it to faster rail like the Toronto Transit Trains built by Bombardier. – https://www.metrolinx.co

Sasha Farooqi, London