The railways should be available to everyone, and serve every part of the country. They should not be another way for a handful of already rich people to get even richer.

Elizabeth Cleere, Rye

Railways should never have been privatised.

Heather Cartwright, Southwell

It’s not just the railways that need to be brought back into public ownership, but that’ll do for a start.

Andrew Pettigrew, Sheffield

Forget High speed 2, regenerate some of what we already have, and don’t forget East-West line.

Susan Legg, Bedford

Even though the Tory government is in the process of privatising Royal Mail, there is still hope of re-nationalising the railways.

Gwynant Cwmbowydd, Nant Gwynant

Let’s get it all back under one roof and run by people who understand the rail industry, not those fat cats who are getting fatter by the minute at our expense.

Brian Racher, West Sussex

British Rail must prevail.

Frans van Bussel, Boekel, Netherlands

My grandfather used to revel in taking me around the country on British Rail. It was classy, romantic and visionary, and with its unrivalled history.

Ryan Board, London

Stop these greedy, outrageous and callous private monopolies

Ruth Rach, Lewes

Major infrastructure that people need day-to-day, such as rail and utilities, should not be left to money-grabbing companies. They’re too important.

Chantelle Cole, Liverpool

Bring back our railways and open our local stations.

Jo Bennett, Ashington

Put an end to this disastrous privatisation.

Fred Johnson, London

Nationalise ASAP to reduce fares and stop putting money into the pockets of greedy shareholders. Especially Richard Branson.

Ross Curtis, London

Disgruntled commuter indeed.

Ruki Sidhwa, Beckenham

The current service on the East Coast line shows that a public service is better than the private one.

Paul Dunn, Portishead

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

Privatising the rail network was the most stupid idea ever. It is now taught on the continent in economic degrees as an example of gross mismanagement.

Leigh Pankhurst, Norwich

Nobody did it better than BR.

Ian Donnelly, Preston

British Rail should never have been privatised in the first place. Bring back British Rail.

Leanne Ralston, Seaford

Having now worked under a Government-run railway, although not perfect, let’s not go back unless GNER can return.

Gordon Craig, Edinburgh

Will a mainstream party have common sense enough to adopt this policy? Why are they so scared?

S Read, York

Privatisation has been an utter disaster, harming the people and privileging the exploiters.

Dr Lynne Wrennall, Southport

People not profit.

Neil Sanderson, Oswestry

No more profit-sharing giants.

Thomas McCausland, Manchester

We are tired of poor service, ever increasing fares and train times which keep changing. Privatisation has not worked. It is time to re-nationalise.

Caroline Carmichael, Castle Douglas

Late trains, missed connections daily. There must be a better way. Expensive fares, yet taxpayers have to subsidise their dividends.

Angelo Servini, Haywards Heath

Needs to be done sooner rather than later. Most expensive public transport in Europe.

Philip Kane, London

The fact of the matter is that only ScotRail will now service the Leuchars station, instead of East Coast which will stop most direct long haul journeys from Leuchars.

Evan Tatnall, St. Andrews

The railway should be run for the good of the UK, not shareholder dividends.

Joe Kelly, Cambridge

I’m 100 per cent behind you guys. Bring back common sense to our railways.

Nick Godfree, Milton Keynes