Jim Stroyan, HuddersfieldThe time is ripe to start taking back the railways. A lot of franchises are due for renewal so don’t renew them.
Mohammed Asif, LutonNationalise now.
Alex Morgan, BristolSafety sacrificed for profit.
Gareth Williams, WenvoeWe need cheaper fares and profits ploughed back into the system. Shareholders should be supporting the system now not the taxpayer, unless we re-nationalise the system.
Nigel Street, EmsworthSouthern Railway demonstrates exactly why we should bring back British Rail.
Mick Bramich, South BrentNot before time judging by the disastrous sea wall adventures over the last year.
Aidan Shabaily, LiverpoolPrivate services do not work. Services should be government run as public services, not for private profit.
Monica Cassidy, PortsmouthI’m voting Green Party to try to make this happen.
Keith Robertson, MaldonIt doesn’t work at the moment, as all we are doing as travellers is lining the pockets of the shareholders – so let’s go back to paying for our own railway. What better idea?
Jon Evans, CardiffCompetition is supposed to drive down prices among competitors but this is obviously not the case.
Tobias Abse, LondonThe railways are getting worse and worse under private ownership.
Jason Copland, St Leonards-on-SeaSt Leonard’s-on-Sea.
Alan Etheridge, SouthamptonI don’t use the railway so much now – prices are too high, and station staffing is poor.
Andrew Strong, Newcastle-upon-TynePeople not profits in action.
Sally Morley, NottinghamI support the Bring back British Rail campaign.
Sophie Ramsay, LondonI love trains but I hate how much they cost these days. It’s pretty hard to persuade people to be climate-friendly when planes are often cheaper.
Cyril Osborne, BoltonI think everyone has had enough. I know of constant fare increases, overcrowded trains and delays due to staffing levels.
Dan Edwards, LondonThe privatisation of public services was and is the most short-sighted planning possible. Bring them back and put the profits back into society, not private pockets.
Philip Campbell, LiverpoolGet it back off these profiteers as soon as possible.
David Lang, Hemel HempsteadA shambles, the East Coast line shows public enterprises are more effective than political dogma.
Paul Mountain, NottinghamIt was a ridiculous idea in the first place to carve up a network.
Clive Andrews, Berwick-upon-TweedWe all knew that privatisation of our railways would not make for cheaper, more efficient, faster railway services. Now the fallacy has been exposed.
Samuel Hawthorne, RamsgateA great rail system was destroyed by privatisation.
David FairclothWe all need to spread the word and get as many people as possible to support the campaign!
Robert Hicks, HardwickePrivately-owned and operated railways do not put the passengers first. Re-nationalise now.
Alex AlexandrowiczPrivatisation was the death blow to this country’s railways.
Nancy Scannell-Newsome, Huddersfieldtaxpayers subsidising franchising companies like Virgin. No wonder Beardie can retire to his private island.
John Winn, UpminsterA fragmented rail service is not the best for passengers, with different pricing for the same and similar journeys.
Dave McGough, LeedsLets have all the train operating companies back under one umbrella, and that is British Rail’s umbrella.
Susan Bray, DoncasterAll my family worked for the railway but can’t afford to use it now.