The railways are farcical. Stop this fragmented system and bring back common sense.

Stewart Bramman, Doncaster

As someone who’s travelled on the East Anglia services for a long time, every franchise we’ve ever had has failed. Time to re-nationalise.

Rosie Hucklesby, Colchester

I’m embarrassed that the country that invented the railway now needs to live up to the far better nationalised railways of other countries.

Adam Stratton, Winchester

In many cases the train fare is more than the cost of fuel for the same journey in the car.

Michael Cryer, Aberfeldy

The idiotic private sector train companies need to go and be replaced with British Rail. Keep the private sector out of public services.

Michael Perkins, Watford

I hope we are successful.

Mary Cameron, Leeds

I am not a regular user of UK trains but there can be no doubt that in terms of price, cleanliness and punctuality, things are much worse than before privatisation.

Jonathan Fox, Espinho, Portugal

Crap service from the mainline companies except from East Coast. I wonder why.

John Conley, Rosyth

Too expensive on the trains. Bring back British Rail.

Jo Hobson, Sheffield

Our rail fares are the highest in Europe.

Barbara Penny, Harrogate

Nationalisation of the railways has always been an essential part of society. I am pessimistic in the extreme in these days of everything being privatised.

Simon Mayhall, Leeds

Bring back BR please.

Jimmy Ferguson, Kilbirnie

Oh please, let’s hope this happens.

Lindis Percy, Harrogate

Not just loss of jobs and a really poor, expensive disaster. Privatisation has killed people on our trains through lack of investment in safety. Lovely Tories.

Scott Fury, Glasgow

If we want environmentally friendly transport, we need the railway, electrified and redeveloped.

Robin Draper, Walsall

Public ownership is the only way of ensuring a reliable, modern, affordable and accessible rail network. East Coast Trains should be seen as an example.

John Suckling, Durham

It was wonderful in the past and a nightmare these last years when we use the rail.

Jim C C Jones, Thessaloniki, Greece

This is a marvellous and absolutely necessary campaign.

Jon McCarthy

I agree the present system is overcomplicated and needs reform. But to put down a marker, I still want ticket offices at major stations.

David Thornewell, Aylesford

Transport for the people.

Steve Wood, Sandwich

The railways, water, gas, electricity and every other public service that has been privatised should be brought back.

Sue Smith, Cullompton

It’s the worst railway service in the World and a system that exists solely to rip off commuters. The end of this botched system can’t come soon enough.

James Howells, London

Repeat East Coast success across the nation.

Keith Graham, East Boldon

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

Paul Burgess, Caerphilly

Sadly, the current disjointed rail organisation and ticketing is a national embarrassment.

Michael Branney, Leicester

Rail policy needs to be determined by the collective interest of the country not the short term gain of shareholders.

Malcolm Whitmore, Loughborough

East Coast rail made a profit in public hands, a loss in private.

Patricia Wood, Washington

The railways belong to the people, not shareholder money-rapists.

Robert Duff, Falkirk

Give back to the people.

Robert Wells, Leicester

Instead of being at the office today, I am at home, because the trains have let me down again. Expensive, awful, very slow, getting worse.

Robert McDonald, Brighton