Service for the people not subsidies for the already wealthy.

John Rawlinson, Staffs

We need to save our billions from going to European railway companies and invest in our railways for a better service.

Gurmeet Singh, Leeds

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

Passengers, not customers. Cost not profit.

Simon Tucker, Swindon

I’m just fed up with rip-off Britain and private fat cats getting rich on public assets. Why do we still subsidise them?

Peter Nunn, Polegate

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

Sean Connor, Glasgow

BR gave us a one hour Pompey to London service. It’s now 1 hour 40 minutes. It is also too expensive to use. Privatisation hasn’t worked. Bring back public service.

Stuart Butler, Portsmouth

Selling British Rail was the worst thing John Major’s government did. Vandalism! The East Coast mainline shows public ownership can work when the right people run it.

Ian Hardy, Cambridge

Let’s show them how Great Britain should be.

Jenny Young, Hull

The privatised service is much worse for customers and employees. It makes no sense.

George Johnston, London

The East Coast line works brilliantly. Let’s roll out their model to the rest of the UK.

Lynda Storey, Pontefract

Our rail network should not be a profit-motivated organisation.

Patricia Wormald, Shefford

Just look at the East Coast line. The way forward is to re-nationalise.

Leigh Samuels, Wolverhampton

Private Profit – Ripping us all off.

James Gillespie, Edinburgh

No more fat cats. No more fare increases. Bring back nationalisation. Bring back British Rail.

Graham Mills, Birmingham

Privatisation of national structure is theft of public assets.

Nick Scarr, Aldeburgh

The rail network is a vital piece of national infrastructure and requires passenger-focussed management and proper investment. It should not make a profit.

Toby Cornwall, Bristol

The facts speak for themselves. What is the government thinking? We pay higher prices for worse services and we dole out subsidies to profit-making companies

Tanya O’Carroll, London

As an actor I have to travel all over the place. I am just starting out, but I can’t afford to go to many an audition because of the crazy cost of train travel.

Verity Dams, Swindon

I support the idea of bringing back British Rail because it is ridiculous to think it’s cheaper to fly than to take the train. We’ve had enough, Cameron.

Martyn Lyman, Leicester

Enough of this rich man’s train set.

Kenny Burnett, Aberdeen

Bring it back to stop putting performance ahead of safety.

David Haines, Humberston

The political party willing to take this action will have a powerful example of how they are resisting the idea of profit for the few over the welfare of the many.

Donal Shea, London

If it works, why change it?

Geoff Shinner, Telford

The West Country train line is a disgrace. I run a business in Somerset and often have to visit London in reaction to solving a last minute problem and it’s cheaper by car.

Richard G. Mitchell, Shepton Mallet

Privatisation is really backward. Our rail network has gone down the toilet, all in the name of private profits. Change it.

Jake Eiseman-Renyard, London

The once finest rail network in the world was maligned, under-funded, and then broken up and given away to the spivs and speculators.

William Loneskie

I would like to see is a railway system that is managed and run efficiently with good opportunities for commercial growth and employment. Bring back British Rail.

Richard Stone, Canterbury

As a regular rail user I know that the previous set-up was better. Bring back BR and put service ahead of profit.

Rick Salter, Penrith

Privatisation was driven by WTO in the first place, not for the public good. Rail privatisation was the worst of all. Crazy prosecutions for having wrong tickets.

John Raven, Edinburgh