People not profit.

Peter Sinclair, Birkenhead

Time for a real change in politics, time for the nation’s good and the welfare of all, not just shareholders.

Geoff Walker, Stoke-on-Trent

When they brought in the new Railways why have it all split up with one company owning the tracks and another the stations etc. Bring it back under public ownership.

David Humphreys, Wrexham

I think public transport is too important to be run by profiteers.

Jim Ennis, Wallasey

Bring the rail system back to the people. Make it fairly priced so that low income people can travel too. Ban HS2 and concentrate on the people that matter.

Carole Hadley, Cornwall

Bring back a unified publicly-run transport system.

Peter Rose, Worcester

I worked for British Rail, joining in 1972. It was run down and needing investment. After privatisation a lot of the money for the industry now lines shareholders’ pockets.

Ivan Trevor Watson, Morpeth

Needs to be re-nationalised.

Billy Seasman, Liverpool

Bring back BR. Let the money be spent on the service, not on the lawyers and accountants.

Clive Simmons, Bournemouth

Privatising our national assets has to stop. They are bringing the country and all that was good about it to a standstill. Stop the policies of exploitation.

Jane Atkinson, Wakefield

Our rail service is off the rails! The billions earmarked for the costly and environmentally destructive HS2 should be redirected into improving our current rundown system.

Faith Hope Charity, Manchester

Really, fares need to be cheaper.

Peter Morgan, Barrow-in-Furness

Stop ripping off passengers.

Richard Wells, Hull

Train travel is a public service filling a human need, not a luxury. Passengers, not customers!

Owen Hubbard, Kent

Railway privatisation is ‘Poll Tax on Wheels’, always has been and always will be. Why are we subsidising it continuously when we could just take it back?

Julie Goodman, London

I welcome this action.

Andrew Hampshire, Leeds

Because we are tired of fuelling share holders’ pockets and getting worse and worse services.

Donasld Wilson, Bristol

Bring back the breakfast car for civilised travel not HS2.

Simon Carne

End the greed.

Jamie Walsh, Watford

Train travel in Britain is the embarrassment of Europe and we deserve better service and better value if we are to help to cut car emissions by taking the train.

Jenny Toal, Coalville

We need to re-nationalise the railways.

Garry Clay, Southampton

I believe the public needs to have a greater say in the running of the railways so it should return to British Rail.

Jackie Lewin, Norwich

Take back the franchises David Cameron. You know it makes sense.

Alan Hay, Northumberland

Look at other countries in Europe. They don’t charge half as much as we do. Something is very wrong.

Edward Fisher, Letchworth

As a seventy three year old, having worked for British Rail, I feel that the privatisation of the railways was a retrograde step.

Colin Crockett, York

The rail network should be a public service, not an outlet for capitalist profiteering.

Alex De Lacey, London

Please bring back a service run for the passengers who use it, and abolish the system which is heavily subsidised by taxpayers to line shareholders’ pockets.

Richard Norman, Southampton

It couldn’t make it worse.

Fred Torr, Truro

The privatisation of BR was a criminal destruction of a well-functioning railway system for the stupidest ideological reasons and has been a disaster for Britain.

Francis Nixon, Marton, New Zealand