Re-nationalise.

Oscar Speed, Nottingham

The theft that was their nationalisation continues to rob us daily. This must end.

Richard Keel, Glasgow

Why is the railway punished so much? It’s starved of funding, sold off cheaply and then selfishness bleeds the profits.

Pete Thompson, Blackpool

I want to shove my train ticket somewhere I won’t say! But you know where I am thinking of, cough, cough!

Anthony Wilson, East Sussex

Privatisation hasn’t worked for the travelling public. Politicians, their friends, corporate bodies, the City etc. have profited from privatisation. It’s a public service.

Robert Harper, Nottingham

Stop profiteers making a packet out of ordinary people.

Greg Marshall, Nottingham

Bring back British Rail. It should be a publicly-owned company accountable to the public.

Claire Wade, Bromley

Britain deserves a top-class, publicly-owned railway like France.

Huw Spanner, Harrow

The privatisation is a disaster, with extortionate prices and poor service in return.

Stephen Cole, Ipswich

Enough is Enough.

Laurence Cooke, Coventry

Having so many TOCs does not provide competition, but very complex and expensive fare structures. They should all be merged into a publicly owned company.

Thomas Smith, Chesham

Please bring it back. Ticket prices are way too high and over-crowded trains. More rolling stock is needed.

Darren Stracey

Affordable travel is a vital part of a nation’s infrastructure and should be run as a service.

Mary Smith, Swadlincote

Return all public services back to people, ownership and management.

Trevor Lewis, London

Full communism.

Jack Dickinson, Penzance

We need to bring back British Railways, not British Rail. We need to reverse Beeching and build new, specific high-speed lines to increase capacity.

Joseph Kendall, Liverpool

I agree with Jeremy Corbyn. British Rail.

Derek Richardson, South Queensferry

We need a train service run for the passengers and people, not corporate profit.

David Sivier, Bristol

Railways should be run by the people for the people.

James Parmenter, March

Comment not needed – The problems are obvious without even looking.

Dave Ayres, Milton Keynes

All public transport needs to be integrated.

Paul Nixon, Crewe

East Coast is in public hands and doing well. It should stay public. Profits are returned to taxpayers.

Jill Hancock, Durham

Publicly-owned railways cost 30% less than our fragmented private ones. No joined-up thinking by government.

Andrea Dudding, York

I think once it’s 100,000 it’s heard in the House of Commons.

Mark Jude, Lincoln

I rarely use trains since it took 7 hours to go from Chester to Doncaster. After that journey I purchased a motorcycle and never looked back.

Neil Harness, Weston Super Mare

As an artist and member of Equity, we often have to travel at short notice. Our current rail system does not work for me. It’s expensive and unreliable.

Edward Currie, London

There are far too many different companies operating the railways. It’s far too complicated.

Sueton Sayers, Wolverhampton

An excellent idea.

Michael Cotton, Bologna, Italy

They should never have been privatised.

Heather Carr, Falkirk