Re-nationalise the railways.

Lee Rigby, Widnes

Big profits, low investment, disastrous service. Change is needed now.

Andrew Green, Swansea

Please bring back British Rail.

Pete Fox, Brighton

Bring back British Rail, please.

Samuel Joshua, London

Stand united for our rail network.

Shaun Passmore, Worksop

I run walks outside of London. Weekly I buy return Group Tickets at mainline stations run by 9 different franchises, all operating differently. What a nightmare.

Chris Queen, London

East Coast shows it works. Please let common sense prevail.

Colin Bayly, Surbiton

Great. This is Green party policy. Join us too.

Margaret Westbrook, Stretford

Public transport should not be run for private profit.

Ray Packham, Bradford-on-Avon

Railways are a public good and need to be part of an integrated transport system in public hands, necessary for our country.

Margaret Lewis, Leicester

Tory ideology created chaos for our publicly owned railways. We all lost as a result.

Trevor Donaldson, Aberdeen

Privatising the railways was a victory of political dogma over common sense. It’s about time we had common sense back on the agenda so it’s time to re-nationalise.

Philip Cumberland, Whittlesey

This is overdue because of profiteers on the line.

Stephen McGinley, London

Believe me, the chaos that is railway in the UK is doing the tourist industry no good at all. It’s complicated and confusing.

Carol Neist, Perth, Australia

A public transportation system for the people should be run by the people and not run for profit.

Sean Connor, Glasgow

Transport for people, not profit.

Caroline Taylor-Martin, Bromley

British Rail was better run.

Terry Knapton, Rotherham

As a regular commuter, I often have to face delays, rising fares and poor quality of services. Let’s make a change.

Matthew Culley, Barrow-in-Furness

Re-nationalise it for the people, put the profits back into paying decent wages and re-generation of the system, not lining the fat cats’ pockets.

Kim Saunders, Southend-on-Sea

Service can be awful but it’s the unconnected, pathetic customer service that is appalling. One service, one way.

Stef Thelwell, Cambridge

What a shame this will be ignored.

Thomas Gray, Retford

Time to end this ridiculously wasteful and expensive experiment.

Andy McDougall, Hitchin

The railways are our travel life-support around the country. They need to stay healthy and not for private profit.

Ann Olner, Salford

The decision by John Major’s Government has been nothing short of a disaster for the UK. Re-nationalise now while there’s still time.

Stephen Pegum, Barnet

Our private rail network is more expensive for users, fares are increasing all the time, it’s expensive for taxpayers, the service is terrible. Bring back British Rail.

Duncan Moore, Glasgow

Lack of private investment has destroyed our public rail transport system. We can have a better system offering no congestion, less pollution and faster journey times.

D Roberts, Cornwall

For the people by the people.

Alan Lyddiard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Simply take contracts back in-house as they expire. It is so simple.

Derek Pearson, Southend-on-Sea

As an essential public service, rail transport, along with buses and all utilities, should not be for private profit-making – and certainly not whilst we still subsidise them.

Richard Francis, Brackley

People need freedom to move.

Alan Holmes, Stafford