BBBR.

Drew Harding, London

What they have done to the railways is a joke. The fares keep going up and up for a very poor service.

Paul Harnwell, Basildon

The best solution.

John Tomlinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

An affordable and functional public transport system is necessary for a nation to thrive.

Dave Lee, Dartford

Privatisation only lets ministers obtain public funds to line their pockets.

Leighton Lewis, Aberdare

The current situation is a ruinously expensive absurd mess.

Jeff Lewis, Warrington

I am utterly opposed to the rotten franchise system, and the pointless split between track and train ownership, and increasingly unaffordable fares.

Dylan Watkins, Lydney

There is too much fragmentation in the railway system. We need a nationalised company to oversee the whole system. Fares are too high and trains are not reliable.

Catherine Gogarty, Gateshead

East Coast is doing an excellent job. If it is not broke do not fix it.

Colin Austin, Peterlee

Railways for the people, not for shareholders’ profit.

Ian Murray, Hereford

We have an inconsistent rail service which is greatly overpriced.

Becky Farrell, Winchester

Rail is a natural monopoly. The current chaos costs a fortune which all goes to consultants and parasites. If BR had that money our rail service would be brilliant.

Joe Boswell, Fremantle

It’s a no-brainer.

Robin Wells, Wimborne

Why break what was working?

Dean Shaw

America is a mess. Let’s not turn into America. Trains made Britain great.

John Wilkinson, London

Railways in countries many times the size of Britain, considered to be ‘developing’, are unified and run primarily to serve the public, People before profit, please.

Wilson Smeaton, Wooler

We are sick of over-priced and over-crowded trains. Privatisation has failed to bring the improvements promised and has just resulted in fat profits for the few.

Barbara Nelson, Leeds

Stop the fat cats filling their pockets with tax payers’ money. Re-nationalise the railways now.

Michael Knights, London

A shambles, the East Coast line shows public enterprises are more effective than political dogma.

David Lang, Hemel Hempstead

You should like totally bring back British Rail. I mean it’s just like totally the best ever.

Megan Low, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

We want British Rail back running great trains, not a rubbish privatised service.

Colin Flowerday, Holt

Please bring it back.

Jean Nash, Pontefract

East Coast RIP.

Stephen Goodfellow, Bradford

British Rail was simply awesome, there were no other words to say about it beside that.

Lewis East, Swindon

I travelled from Newcastle to Edinburgh in August, an annual trip to the Fringe. Virgin took over from East Coast trains. Fares doubled service appalling.

Margaret Woodward, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

I’m totally fed up with extortionate rail fares and poor service.

Iain Harding, Guildford

Privatisation sucks. British Rail rocks.

Jeremy Corbin, London

I’m a proud member of the Wrexham – Birkenhead Rail Users’ Association.

John Edmondson, Heswall

If this government is so serious about going green then the railways should be sorted out!

Thomas Sutton, Derbyshire

It’s about time we had everything back. We may be able to afford to live then.

Arthur Edis, Doncaster