Then re-nationalise all the other state-owned utilities, until Maggie came.

Joyce Saunders, Edinburgh

Trains for the people, not for profit.

John Marriott, Harlow

Scrap the corrupt privatisation model. Justice for the 99%.

Paul Monaghan, Liverpool

I object to the train operating companies having to pay to rent stock we paid for as taxpayers in the first place.

Nigel Ponsford, Leeds

Bring back our once-thriving Great British Railways. This is what our great nation is good at. After all we were the pioneers of the finest rail network in the world.

Trevor Turner, Middlesbrough

There should be a national free integrated public transport service, and all long distance freight should be by train only. Funded by the taxpayer, for the taxpayer.

Philip Stonehouse, Sheffield

Because it’s the best.

Andree Mehew, London

Current service: bad service for a bad price. My regular route is like travelling on a cattle wagon.

The Makin, Bolton

We want our money back.

John Hann, Newcastle

The rail network should be owned by us.

Glyn Howard, Croydon

We need public service and amenities to be owned by the public The rich are taking the country’s spoils and leaving the rest of us with the scraps and having to pay for it.

Glenis Singleton, Nottingham

The East Coast line has shown that a nationalised rail system can be efficient and cost-effective, giving resources and service to the economy.

Raymond Soltysek, Gourock

Bring back British Rail.

Trevor McEneff, Wigan

The current situation is out of control. Let’s use the rail service as a tool for building a future for Britain.

Sean Kelly, Loughborough

Privatisation has been a disaster from the start. It was never the Government’s to sell in the first place. We the taxpayers owned it, not the politicians.

David Calvert, Skegness

Let’s roll back the last twenty years of mayhem and costs and bring back good old British Rail, a wonderful institution.

Brenda McCraith, Kettering

It’s about time we faced facts and realised that there will never be proper investment in rail under private ownership.

Damon Reid, Manchester

Privatisation equals backhanders.

Keith Knutton, Holmfirth

British Railwas truly the golden age of railways. Make railways accountable to the taxpayer, not the shareholder.

Akshat Khare, London

Invest profits back into the service.

Jerome Evans, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

This is self explanatory.

Stephen Baxter, Glasgow

I just watched Ellie Harrison report this story on RT Going Underground. She was very compelling so I decided to look her up online and join the petition.

Josine Griffiths, Nottingham

I use the train all the time and some of the fairs are unreal for long journeys. It costs me just over £20 for a return to Edinburgh from Dumbarton.

Buckie Bhoy, Dumbarton

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

Colin Flowerday, Holt

Some of the greatest trains ever run were designed and built under British Rail.

Mick McCann

Of course the railways, the utilities and other natural monopolies and key sectors of the economy should be run as public services and not for private profit.

Penelope Newsome

I used to travel everywhere by train to visit family and friends and for leisure but that feels like a distant memory now. It became too expensive.

Deborah Croker, Melksham

British Rail should be brought back as soon as possible. Privatisation has been a disaster. National Rail for people not private profit.

Christine Hall, Christchurch

£369 Base rate fares? Nothing fair about it.

A W, Manchester