I actually reside in the US, but have friends in the UK, and have used the trains many a time. I’m all for decent travel.

Raymond Kerstetter, London

I wish British Rail will be revived by 2023.

Alan Araujo, Rio De Janeiro

The railway should not just be for the rich. It has been priced out of the ordinary person’s reach. It should never have been privatised. The only winners are the shareholders.

Angela Carter, Walton-on-Thames

I’m speechless.

Debra Philpott, Haywards Heath

Having a publicly-owned transport network (railways and coaches) is essential to the welfare of a nation. The needs of the public should be the priority.

Sam Satyanadhan, Southampton

The current success of the East Coast line is testament enough to how much this needs to happen.

Michael Henson, Pickering

Privately-owned railways and privately-owned rented property is making it impossible for me to continue my job working in London’s NHS.

Claire Moore, London

This debt amounts to theft of the public’s money.

Tony Trodden, Middlesbrough

It should be run by people for the people not for the rich and greedy.

Leonard Jones, Ellesmere Port

The railways should be in public hands. It’s supposed to be privatised, yet governments continue to subsidise these companies.

Ann Tosta, Wakefield

We’re passengers, not customers.

Tom Conway, Wigan

Privatisation of national structure is theft of public assets.

Nick Scarr, Aldeburgh

Public services should never never be privatised. A re-unified national rail network is the way forward.

Gillian Codling, Barnet

Strategic transport planning has given way to a farcical face-saving exercise. Rivals competing on the same tracks will never work.

Paul Burgess, Caerphilly

It would be great to also see improvements to rolling stock used on regional services like here on the Carlisle to Newcastle line.

Mike Domingue, Hexham

Bring free travel to disabled people.

Gareth Pritchard, Holyhead

I fully support the re-nationalisation of the railways.

Adam Wildash, Ash

Keep essential public services in the public sector.

Lawrence O’Donnell, Littleboroough

Profit is king at the moment. Mammon triumphs again.

Jeffrey Moore, Leeds

We must rebuild our country’s economy and to do this we need a fully integrated and affordable public transport system centred on the British railways.

Paul Bright

Let’s get our trains back on track.

Peter Oxby, Pontefract

The rail service is terrible and tickets are too expensive. It costs me less in fuel and insurance combined to get most places in my car, instead of using rail.

George Symes-Davidson, Plymouth

I cannot see any other way to make this work.

Craig Lydiate, Manchester

Where I live, the cost of a railcard to send a child to school costs a family £600+ a year. No wonder the kids bunk the trains.

Mimi O’Halloran, Deal

I used to like trains.

Jane Spacie-Gray, Rotherham

Instead of subsidising shareholders, we should be making profits for the benefit of the entire population of the UK.

Jennifer Ross, Bedlington

Government greed and hidden agendas appear to be the reason that the rail network was privatised. The unjust fare increases have made little improvement to our commute.

Chris Cunningham, Market Harborough

Cheaper fares!

Jim Taylor, Ayr

Imagine BR with the amount of funding all these companies get and the only compensation payments were to end users not the paper excuses we have now.

Michael Jones, Shrewsbury

Time to end the nightmare of privatisation and the myth that it gets results. It’s pure greed.

Terry Connolly, London