So good to know there is a movement to do this.

Diane Cox, Penzance

Bring Back BR.

Mahmoud Cassim, Tranent

A non-privatised, national rail network is the backbone of any mature developed country.

Louise Scullion, Dundee

Rail privatisation has been a disaster except for a few company directors and other major shareholders.

Alan Campbell, Balerno

Private ownership doesn’t work for passengers. And re-nationalise buses, energy and the post office as well.

Judy Steele, Leamington Spa

Take it back to British Rail.

Christine King, York

Train service isn’t more efficient for being privatised – in fact worse, expensive and awful old carriages.

Rita Aldridge, Woodbridge

We want more rail stuff. It’s snazzy.

Andrew Morrison, Maryburgh

Re-nationalise the rail network for the good of the country.

Malcolm Ramskill, Leeds

Let’s make our rail networks as good as those in Europe and not charge the earth for them. Nationalise.

Karn Purvis, Bishop’s Stortford

A system for the people not for profit is needed.

Alan Lovegrove, Bracknell

Return what you have taken from us. Make the public aware that they themselves could make the decisions which control policy directives, therefore eradicating faults.

Michael Hawkins, Barnsley

God protect us. Have you ever tried to buy a ticket via the Indian telephone No? It’s a nightmare.

Alan Marshall, Boston

Privatisation has been a complete failure for the ordinary person in the UK, not only the railways, but anything else you care to name.

Brian Howes, Bingham

Let’s have a rail system run by the people for the people.

Clive Hopkinson, Leeds

I’m fed up with the awful trains that run in our region (Northern Rail).

Michael John Rutland, Stockton-on-Tees

I’m Dutch but it hurts to see what has happened to the great British railways.

Enrico van Leeuwen, Utrecht

Bring the railways back under state control and provide a better service to passengers.

Ian Roberts, Telford

We need a rail service that is not ridiculously more expensive than driving.

Stone Fitzgerald, Ramsgate

Everyone used to whinge about BR, but if only they had known how bad it would get after privatisation. We are subsidising it far more than when it was ours.

Reb Deacon, Gloucester

Another Great British institution trampled on by fake profiteering. Shame.

James Masters, London

Over-priced fares can suck it.

Edward Barnes, Warminster

Just look at how the railway industry is organised on the continent (owned by the state.) Privatisation is neither efficient nor cheap.

Timothy Richards, Abertridwr

Stop selling the family silver. We are moving down the evolutionary ladder again, ruled over by the insane. What isn’t good for everyone should not even be considered.

Herrat Heinrich, Bristol

I come from Blackpool to Manchester each day for work. This costs £3236 per year. The trains are old, dirty and generally not up to standard with the amount I am paying.

Debbie Horn, Blackpool

We should un-privatise everything. I’m fed up with being ripped off by greedy fat cats, and I’m sure I speak for most of us.

Stephen Fairweather, Norwich

Investment and improvement, not profit.

Jason Slade, Brighton

Private railway companies have over-inflated prices for far too long. We need to try something else.

Darren Skeet, Pitsea

Rail network is a disgrace. I work up in Glasgow and I’m fed up with trains being cancelled, overcrowding and sky-high fares for a deplorable service.

Isabelle McGoogan, Ardrossan

Nothing owned by the state should be allowed to be sold off unless a general referendum is held for each of the sales.

Peter Stratton, Cardiff