Invest taxpayers’ money in the rail network, not in corporate welfare schemes.

Stuart Curran, Cooksbridge

We need a co-operative, not-for-profit railway with no shareholders and lower prices.

Barry Buttigieg, London

Railway workers and users together to fight for our interests.

Steve Revins, Birmingham

Ex BR traffic controller who had to work with current shambles

Leonard Roberts, York

Come on. It was a terrible idea to privatise. Everyone can see that now. Government: Easy brownie points on offer here. Bring it back.

Graham Lenton, Tadley

The system is far too complicated and expensive.

Andy Elliott, Belfast

Privatisation has been a nightmare. No one is accountable and it is always another company’s fault. The idea was always flawed.

Anne Atkins, Bedford

British Rail should never have been privatised in the first place. Bring ownership back to those who pay their taxes.

Ann Ferguson, Tyne and Wear

I’ve been a keen supporter for some time. More power to the campaign.

Tony Fielding-Raby, Lincoln

Why take away people’s meal ticket when you can’t better their lives? Reduce rail fares and re-instate retrenched rail staff.

Gbenga Anisere, Reading

Private interests should not profit from national infrastructure or a national service or a national utility at the expense of the public.

Edward Freeman, Dundee

Private enterprise is failing and is too expensive. Any surplus should go to the Treasury not to shareholders.

Colin Robinson, Gateshead

The public transport system must be attractive enough to leave your car at home, thereby helping to save the planet.

Brian Racher

Re-open closed lines and stations as well to ease traffic pollution and the loneliness and alienation so many now face.

Raquel Thokchom

The current privatised system is ludicrous, unless of course you’re one of the people making nice profits. Most of us just need a decent, simplified, efficient rail system.

Janice Jarvis, Saltburn-by-the-Sea

It’s time to end the naked profiteering of the privatised railways and run them for the benefit of those who use them.

Daniel Illingworth, Bradford

I’m a daily commuter suffering daily hell.

Christopher Payne, Bromborough

A national rail transport network should be owned by the people and not run for private profit.

Peter Crane, Northampton

I’m sick of paying a ridiculous amount just to travel. I pay taxes and I feel absolutely robbed every time I’m forced to take the train,

Martin Rayment, Loughborough

We do want our railways back in public ownership.

Margaret Reynolds, Durham

It used to work, not perfectly, but far better, and cheaper than the current mess.

Jo Winship, Hull

Rail journeys were simple under British Rail. Since privatisation, rail services have become expensive, disjointed, un-reliable and over-crowded. Privatise. No profit.

Andrew Walker, Ashford

Bring back British Rail.

Matt Williams, Waterlooville

Third world service for first class prices. I’m sick of spending insane amounts of money on trains that are terrible.

Katerina Turner, Chelsmford

Bring back British Rail. A unified railway is a good railway.

Jason Warner, Raunds

The East Coast service shows that public ownership works best for passengers and for government.

Dave du Feu, Linlithgow

Never mind HS2 and HS3. Let’s just get the railways unified. BR was far from perfect, but at least fares didn’t have to include a payout for shareholders.

Janet Weston, Cowes

Save the planet. Give us a better public transport system.

Mark Parsons, Bristol

This should never have been privatized in the first place. It was paid for by taxes – our taxes.

Michael Brown, South Shields