Buying a ticket takes so long. It used to be so simple when the ticket seller would tell you the best deal and you’d buy your ticket. Tax on fuel should fund public transport.

Jane Begley, Exeter

We need an integrated rail system in our small country.

Michael Crawley, Altrincham

I’ve never felt safe on the railways since privatisation.

Micheal McClelland, London

Bring back British Railways, so we in Gloucester can have a proper train service again, like Cardiff to Newcastle and Swansea to Leeds.

Malcolm Lanfear, Gloucester

Stop the fares rip-off.

Jason Leyton, London

We deserve a service that suits the public, not the profit-making private. Also to encourage the use of a greener transport system.

Alfred English, Colchester

Re-nationalisation of the railways would mean more care for people, more efficiency, fairer prices and less stress.

Alexander Kershaw, Caterham

Bring back nationalised British Rail and give us back our railways.

Rebecca Wilson, Marlborough

I wholeheartedly believe this is one of the best things to do for this country, removing barriers to travel, increase ability to earn and pay more taxes.

Amanda Barr, Malpas

Rail travel should be state-owned so fares remain low, thus car use is reduced and the government is accountable for safety. Profit shouldn’t come into it.

Catherine Markey, Cambridge

The people need to make sacrifices and boycott the rail network. Nothing will ever change until the companies that run the rails lose money. A few days would be enough.

Graham Harrison, Oldham

Fed up with the swindle of private corporations creaming off public subsidy and providing shoddy service!

Charlotte Warne Thomas, London

Bring back British Rail and get rid of all the TOCs and bring it under one umbrella.

John Lowe, Oxford

We used to own the whole network, until it was stolen by the Tories and sold.

Alison Webster, Banwell

Politicians like the idea of privatisation because it can generate a lot of money and money is the usually one of the few things that politicians truly understand.

Maxwell Hough, Wigan

Ever since it was privatised the cost to us has gone up, while the rail companies rake in millions in profits and subsidies for keeping it in shape. It shouldn’t be allowed.

Christina Sosseh, Milton Keynes

I still believe re-nationalisation of the UK’s Rail Network may be a potential key answer as far as I’m concerned.

William Chivers, Leeds

The transport system should exist primarily to benefit passengers, not to line the pockets of the likes of Branson.

Alan Bayes, London

As London gets more expensive to live in, more and more of us will have to commute, but £3,000-5,000 a year is totally ludicrous.

Mary Greer, London

End the franchise madness now. Directly operated and owned railways.

Adam Potts, Liverpool

The nationalised rail network should never have been privatised. The question of re-nationalisation should be apolitical and this process must happen without delay.

Vernon Hartley, Southampton

Rail communication – like any other monopolistic structure – must be managed centrally to be safe, efficient and affordable.

Ant Butler, Pilton

Trains are over-priced, over-crowded and never on time. Prices rise yet service get worse.

Helen Bright, London

I love the trains, I really do. But they’re too expensive and smaller towns are poorly served. Bring back British Rail and give us a train system to be proud of!.

Phil Smart, Leicester

Sense and responsibility, not politics.

Michael Benis, Hove

Bring back British Rail, for the people, by the people and for the future of the railways.

Chris Bromfield, Yeovil

Bring back British Rail. Privatisation of the U.K railway network is a proven failure; just ask the fare paying passengers!

Phill Lloyd, Hailsham

It should never have been privatised.

Christine Bainbridge, Durham

Railway employee of 20+ years.

Matt Naylor, Leicester