Railways for the people, not for shareholders’ profit.

Ian Murray, Hereford

Bring back British Rail now.

Deirdre Robson, Haltwhistle

Absolute joke Virgin – the trains are outdated and falling to bits.

Steven Hinchliffe, Huddersfield

British Rail was so much better than what we have now. Bring it back.

Annie Mulholland, Bradford-on-Avon

If private enterprise can/will not run Railtrack/Network Rail, why should it operate the profit-making parts and hold fare-payers to ransom for an essential service?

Richard Gillanders, London

Stop propping up private firms. Let us run it from central office.

Kenneth Miller, Leeds

Privatisation – just a massive failure fuelled by greed.

Robin Ridley, Sheffield

Bring British Rail back into public ownership, so we can have proper railway system again.

Michele Bateman, Wrexham

Miliband must be blind not to see what a popular declaration it would be to declare now for the re-nationalisation of all transport.

Bryn Glover, Harrogate

The sooner the better. Privatisation has only benefitted the shareholders. Never mind what the passengers have to suffer.

Ian Kerr, Basingstoke

Why should we rely on limited special offers to get rail travel at a reasonable rate?

George Prior, Portsmouth

Bring back British Rail into public ownership. It’s a disgusting rip-off in privatised hands.

Annie Weatherly-Barton, Spalding

I miss the blue and white era.

Ollie Foord, Bracknell

Privatisation is not working. Why should our railway be in the hands of foreign state-owned organisations?

John Wright, Salisbury

Bring back British Rail.

Megan Walsh, Greater Manchester

Bring back affordable transport and friendly staff. Bring back British Rail.

Fiona Rowe, Manchester

I have travelled on Virgin, Cross Country, First Great Western etc. East Coast is immeasurably better.

Christopher Whichelo, Rawdon, Leeds

Return what you have taken from us. Make the public aware that they themselves could make the decisions which control policy directives, therefore eradicating faults.

Michael Hawkins, Barnsley

The price we are paying now should be going into the trains not into people’s pockets.

Helen Jones, Manchester

I don’t want to bring back the British Rail as was – but a modern British Rail which puts quality, safety and comfort first, not profit. The current system is crap.

Jon Waring, York

As I work for Network Rail I see how it is working on a day-to-day basis and unless we bring it back under British Rail I foresee major problems and major accidents.

Iain Woolnough, South Ockendon

What are we waiting for?

Matthew Ross Rachar, London

Some things are just not safe when run for profit.

Ann Jones, Sheffield

If they can do it in the rest of Europe, why not here?

Trish Joscelyne, East Sussex

Re-nationalise the railways. Renew East Coast’s contract to continue running that service in the interests of the people of this country.

Ben Burman, Radlett

The present ridiculous situation has gone on too long.

Anthony Thompson, Shepshed

People can no longer tolerate the cost of travel.

Paul Churchill, Peterborough

We want British Rail back.

Ryan Pengelly, Exeter

I visit Yorkshire frequently and have found the East Coast service to be the best in the country since its nationalisation in 2009. Let’s make this a nationwide success.

George Mulryan, Ealing