This might help to stop strikes.

Alison Harte, Kent

Hopefully, we will all realise that all essential services are best handled by the public sector and not for profit.

Jeremy Johnson, Croydon

The rail services in Britain are an absolute embarrassment! No other first world country has a rail service this poor.

David Toward, Newcastle

The system as it is now is a bloody mess and one big massive rip-off.

Paul Lenihan, London

Please keep the rail network in public, not private, hands.

Robin Allen, Wellingborough

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

Great initiative. Let’s hope we get there.

Claudia Zeiske, Huntly

I agree with this campaign.

Jack Free, Epping

Hoping for a fairly priced and state-owned railway system.

Elaine Tavner, Holford

Oh, yes please.

Annie Bulmer, Edinburgh

Let us all join together and have this mess sorted out once and for all.

Adrian Wood, Bridport

Have some courage and re-nationalise the railways instead of behaving like a plastic Tory.

Peter Mullen, Manchester

Get shot of these pseudo-competitive private monopolies where the toilets close as if no one needs to go after 22:00. We need to return our railways to a public service.

Charles Leeves-Kimber, Basingstoke

It should never have been privatised in the first place. Greed once again was put before common sense.

Keith Jones, Gateshead

The franchising system doesn’t work and needs to be nationalised.

Noordad Aziz, Great Harwood

East coast has been successful since in public hands. Keep it and transfer others.

Teresa Saunders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Why should private rail operators who make huge profits and rip us off with high fares receive much higher subsidies than British Rail did? It’s daylight robbery.

Sue Caro, London

We need to have the best rail system ever. Under British Rail we will get that.

Colin Carr, Walmer

By the people for the people.

Pat Crawford, Helensburgh

£230 Cardiff to London is extortion. I can fly to Rome for the same. or Belfast 4 times.

Geraint Dawe, Caerphilly

Privatisation has failed. It’s time for a nationalised future.

Paul Stallard, Sheffield

Please bring back British Rail and stop the British public being robbed by the greedy profit-obsessed train companies.

Rebecca Manley,

Profiteering from our infrastructure might be good for the profiteers but is not good for consumers or that old-fashioned notion of the ‘national interest’.

Susan O’Brien, Lancaster

Private companies such as Virgin have been robbing the public for too long.

Mustafa Raee, Bristol

The so called privatisation is costing the tax payer more than the nationalised railway ever did with duplication of jobs. Surely it’s time to stop this nonsense?

Derek Jones, Tyldesley

Good luck with the campaign.

James Mundy, New Eltham

Let’s bring back public ownership under a new model – employees, taxpayers and customers with real power to make decisions.

David Whyte, Liverpool

It’s ridiculous the prices of train travel, short or long trips. I drive or get a bus to Scotland from South England to visit my family. Train would be ideal if affordable.

Carole Dickson-Earle, Hitchin

We must have a public railway owned by all of us. It is ours and public ownership means a safer service.

Kathryn Foster, Keighley

I’m sick and tired of the greed.

Katie Harnett, London