We need a vertically integrated railway run by railwaymen and not by bean counters or civil servants.

Richard Cox, Birmingham

The quality of train services compared to other leading economies is a disgrace.

Chris Brown, Brighton

The prices will keep going up and up under the pointless, anti-competitive, inefficient franchising system. The government should take back Britain’s railways.

Adam Eveleigh, Aylesbury

They should never have been privatised. The railway has been in decline ever since.

Dave Huxham, Leeds

Rail is a natural monopoly and should be run as a true service for the people, never for profit.

David Thompson, Liverpool

It should be a public service not a gravy train.

Helene Hart, Camberley

Because you will not find a good privatised rail system anywhere in the world.

Thomas Chant, Exeter

It’s no joke when you can’t visit your family as much as you would like due to over-inflated fares.

Patricia Jones, Birkenhead

End this abomination and greed.

Carol Lilley, Hemel Hempstead

Railways should be in public ownership.

John Heathcote, Ludlow

You should try organising a strike with all of the rail workers.

Roberto King, Chester

Good luck in your endeavours but you are up against World Trade Organisation who have insisted on privatisation of everything.

George Howe, Hitchin

If one uses the Swiss Rail for a role model, it could be a story of success, like the Swiss Rail too.

Koller Regina, Munich

Bring back national rail. The network should be unified. More and more we see that competition and market forces lead to disunity, crisis and profiteering. Nationalise.

Sam Skinner, London

Railways should be an affordable service and not for private profit.

Malcolm Clements, Barnsley

Return all privatised services to full public ownership and management.

James Bennett, Northampton

Run for profit railway has been shown not to work.

Alan Tebbit, Truro

No necessary public facilities should be in private hands.

Lorna Matthews, Greenlaw

I remember British Rail. It was great!

Jonathan Grain, London

Our rail and utility companies should never have been sold off in the first place.

Dawn Chamberlain, Liskeard

Poor air quality is killing people. We need vehicles off our roads and only a thriving nationalised rail service will help.

Mark Gibson, Altrincham

Privatisation has been a complete disaster and has definitely not brought benefits for rail users.

Angela Sansam, Harrogate

Please end the idiocy of privatisation. Bring it all back under one umbrella for the good of the country, the passengers and the industry.

Mike Gibson, Warminster

The public are sheep drowning in apathy. They have no idea the NHS is being sold off piece by piece under our noses. But I support and inform wherever I can.

Paul Harrison, Manchester

Take back what we built.

Mike Nightingale, Cardiff

Re-nationalisation is the answer to the blatant greed of the private rail operators.

Alan Ridgley, London

It’s disgraceful, the prices of a train journey. Stop ripping the people off.

Azucena Marin-Young, Coventry

Private isn’t necessarily better. We want a single national network, for ourselves, for accountability and not for profit. Bring back public ownership.

Christopher Walker-Lyne, York

Although I now live in France I commuted from Haslemere before I retired.

Christopher Macleod, Champlin