Re-nationalise all TOCs.

Raymond Lockwood, Wakefield

The East Coast line appears to have been running remarkably well as it is.

Michael Taylor, York

It’s ludicrous that Britain doesn’t have a fully-integrated rail system and that so-called public transport is, in fact, private.

Rebecca Brown, Banstead

Re-nationalise the railways and stop creaming off a profit for people wealthy enough not to need it.

Rebecca Devitt, Southampton

I’m sick of paying fares to so-called private operators who are actually foreign state-owned companies.

John McGeehan, London

We should all support this campaign for affordable, not for profit transport for the masses.

Shane Pym, Broadwindsor

East Coast has worked. Give the rest of us a chance.

Ben Gladwish, Walsall

We need a unified, affordable and expanded railway network run in the interests of the public not to increase the profits of Stagecoach and their ilk.

Peter Challis, Oxford

The original privatisation was done in indecent haste and was always destined to waste money in a big way. A properly managed and structured British Rail will be better.

Alan Ritchey, Washington

Every ticket is overpriced so no wonder rail travel is decreasing.

Nick East, Stroud

Far better under BR days.

Terry Wood, Norwich

Public transport is a basic right that should never be run for the profit of private companies.

Antony Woolley, Nottingham

I am fed up with everything once British being sold off to any other country. We shortly will have no control.

Margaret Alderton, Stockton-on-Tees

The East Coast mainline fiasco proves that privatisation is a waste of money, and that a publicly owned service is better for all.

Carol Wright, Leeds

The current situation is out of control. Let’s use the rail service as a tool for building a future for Britain.

Sean Kelly, Loughborough

We need more control of the costings and fares.

Neville Hymus, Liverpool

The current privatised rail system is ridiculous. There is no competition on the privatised lines. It is just a licence to make money at the customers’ expense.

Linda Brachio, Croydon

I have lived in Southend we have two rail companies, C2C and Anglia. The price from Southend Central to Fenchurch Street during the week is disgusting.

Jeremy Thomas, Southend-on-Sea

Shameful actions by respective governments have badly served the population as a whole. Labour need to get back to principles and act, before it’s too late. Some chance.

Paddy Costall, London

Public transport is for the public good not for private profit.

Michael Ellis, Honiton

British Rail, British Coal, British Steel. Britain works only for the nation when its jewels belong to the nation, not to private shareholders.

Douglas Coutts, Nottingham

Stop wasting money on a poor service. Bring back BR now.

Alan Summerhayes, Bristol

I’m fed up with private rail

Kamal Ismail, Leicester

Let those currently running the Great Northern line run the rest of the railways. They are doing a better job than the rest already.

Richard Painter, Waltham Cross

Just look at the East Coast line, and also note that, when foreign companies take over our public services, they’re usually state-owned companies.

Tony Brauer, Jordans

Private companies receive more in subsidies than BR ever did, but is the service any better? No.

David Henderson, Birmingham

I preferred British Rail. It would be more cohesive, good for people, lower fares.

Maureen Smith, Sutton Coldfield

Save billions. Scrap HS2. Electrify East Midlands route to Sheffield now.

Ian David Wildbore, Chesterfield

How can they take away what is rightfully ours in the first place? It’s the same with everything else that has been sold off.

Mick Rix, Northumberland

At nearly 60 I well remember British Railways, that most small towns and villages had a rail link and most people used the train to travel.

Becky Chamberlain, Peterhead