Join the national protest on April 1st.

Philipa Coughlan, Bexhill-on-Sea

It’s our railway so why is it owned by foreign businesses? Let’s bring it back into the hands of the people who use it.

Tommy Neilan, London

All vital services should be publicly owned, including transport.

Rachel Craig, Thirsk

Getting a train here is like spending a lot of money for a horrible experience. I’ve spent £70 before to find myself sat on the floor of the train outside a smelly loo.

Lizzie Smith, Bristol

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

Elliot Ellison, Bristol

Please explain to me how sucking profits from previously nationalised businesses make them work better? The lessons of 70s have been learned. Reunite trains with the tracks.

Kevan Ogden, Chester-le-Street

Nationalise the railways to make it a national system to give a unified and efficient service.

Graham Derry, Nottingham

If trains are re-nationalised, I believe fares will be cheaper for ordinary people and public organisations. It would be better for health, environment and personal finance.

Kim Fergus, Wirral

Year-on-year fare increases and no marked improvement in service. The train companies generate huge revenue for private owners but I see no benefit to privatisation.

Koray Gurur, London

It is not the fault of the workers, it is the government’s failure.

Dan Cooper, Brighton

And bring back village stops please! I want to be more eco-friendly.

Sally Renner

British Rail should never have been privatised. What it needed was a major shake-up of management and it would have been a superb service today.

Jenny & David Pedder, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Bring back British Railways

Peter Sutton, Byford, Australia

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

Lisa Morley, Margate

Re-nationalise the rail industry.

Les Croucher, Northampton

Our forefathers paid for the railways through hard graft and taxes, yet most didn’t gain a penny in the great British rail sell-off.

Stephen West, Bristol

We all knew that privatisation of our railways would not make for cheaper, more efficient, faster railway services. Now the fallacy has been exposed.

Clive Andrews, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Re-regulate buses as well. Cross-subsidise socially necessary routes instead of funding millionaires.

John McCarthy, Manchester

I remember the sandwiches, and clean trains running to time.

Alex Bird, Cardiff

Privatisation just hasn’t delivered.

Shelley Mulholland, Sheffield

Unless we wake up, we’ll find that the whole planet is run by one global corporation, with all the remnants of democracy eliminated.

David Latimer

Currently it is cheaper for me to drive any of the routes I take with only one passenger. Environmentally and economically disastrous. Less profit more provision.

Emma Park, Edinburgh

How can companies dependent upon subsidies turn over such large profits? Pre-grouping railways didn

Tom Yates, Wigan

it was run better when it was BR.

Padda Brewster, Wolverhampton

It’s far too complicated a system with so many different companies involved and putting profits before people.

Kathleen McDermott, Worksop

It would be great to get rid of the mess we’ve got now, and have a unified service again.

Christine Dellen, Todmorden

The East Coast rail service is running well. I think re-nationalising the rest of the rail network would result in cheaper fares and improved safety for passengers.

Clare Brennan, Edinburgh

No competition, frequent delays, dangerously overcrowded trains, overpriced fares. Who’s benefiting from privatised rails? Shareholders!

Tom Casserly, Reading

We want a rail service which is fair and looks after the customers’ needs.

Nadira Siddique, Leeds