Bring back British Rail.

Belinda Wiggs, Sheffield

The railways are for the people of the UK, not shareholders.

Colin Sutton, Ramsgate

Nothing taken out of public ownership is an improvement. All they are interested in are profits for shareholders. The only losers are the consumers.

John McIntosh, Thornhill

Enough of the corrupt Tories ripping us all off. The railway should never have been privatised in the first place. Greedy profiteers..

Nick Jackson, Harrow Weald

Save the planet. Give us a better public transport system.

Mark Parsons, Bristol

We need to own the railways. They were on time, clean and often newly refurbished, and there was cheaper food.

Dee Grimes, Lewes

I am totally against train operators’ high pricing, which still doesn’t guarantee a comfortable seat.

Ted Hammond, Daventry

End these ridiculous disparities – its Victorian.

Bill Moir, Durham

Make fares fair again.

Sam Roberts, London

The car is out-dated and a city planning nightmare. The government should encourage people to use sustainable, environmentally-friendly modes of transport like the trains.

Daniel Romberg, Northampton

Although it was by no means perfect as BR, it was a whole lot better than now. Employ real railway people at the top too, not business Muppets who don’t understand.

Kaeren Daunt-Jones, Rochester

Bring British Rail back I worked under BR and we all worked together for the good of the railway.

David Bellamy, Mexborough

It’s disgusting what the rail system has become. It’s got to a stage where public transport is squeezing the public, for whom the prices are ridiculous for such poor service

Simon Cullen, Sudbury

Something has to be done about this blatant rip-off.

Pete Sherwood, Wallington

Put public transport back in the hands of the public and make people accountable for the service we are currently paying for.

Adrian Nugent, Crawley

Let’s go back to a joined-up system.

Charles Brown, Knaresborough

The rail service should be a viable alternative to car travel but in reality the public are held to ransom by an extortion racket.

Anthony Hopkins, Bristol

East Coast was a joy to travel on and it made a profit. What a ridiculous thing to have to ask for. nationalisation now.

Lewis Denson, Bristol

I could give more money to charity if it wasn’t for these damn ticket fares.

Dave Harvey, Bishops Stortford

Stop the rip-off by private rail firms.

Peter Underwood, Birmingham

Robbed from the people by Conservatives.

Angela Hathaway, Stroud

One system. Then we’d know where we stand – where / what / who will deal with things, not running around like headless chickens.

Peter Taft, Nottingham

Railways too important to be left to private profit. Bring back British Rail.

Brian Newbold, Oakham

I had to get the train down to London the other day and it cost well over £100. Crazy! Why would anybody take the train given a choice?

Thomas Sutton, Derbyshire

Lets at least keep Directly Operated Railways on the East Coast public not privatised.

John Page, Hertford

British Rail, as a publicly owned company, offered an efficient, well-run service with the customer at the fore, whereas privatisation puts monetary gain first.

Diane Edmonds, Grimsby

Bring back a utility managed as a whole for the whole population.

Toby Jenkins, London

It’s absolutely disgusting the amount of money we have to pay to travel using a service that is more unreliable than the Scottish weather. Sack Abellio or get it sorted.

Rachelle Aitchison, Gorebridge

The East Coast line proves that public ownership works.

Steve Lucas, Surbiton