For my dad, Jimmy Knapp, who, if he was still alive, would be fighting for this.

Fiona Knapp, West Calder

Good idea.

Susan Wright, Brighton

Privatisations were always implemented so that friends of the Party were able to become fat cats.

Mark Jordan, Port Talbot

The Neo-liberal experiment has failed, catastrophically. Bring back public ownership of all public services.

Philip Thomson, Dalry

British Rail must be a public service run by a public not a private company.

Fiona Ruth Law, York

First help stop HS2 by pushing the cheaper alternatives for a high-speed network, regional connectivity and GB Freight. This would be supported by voters and passengers.

John Miles Palmer, Stoke-on-Trent

The railways are a public service.

Barry Collins, Bishops Stortford

The quality of train services compared to other leading economies is a disgrace.

Chris Brown, Brighton

Yes, bring back BR. I worked as a guard on BR for seven years. Today I have never seen it so bad. It’s terrible due to the Tories yet again.

Stewart Bloomfield, Stevenage

They should never have been privatised like every once publicly-owned business.

John Hatch, Exeter

Bring back British Rail. It’s much more reliable.

Catriona Bracker, Brechin

Bring back BR.

Paul Coombs, Swansea

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

I agree with Jeremy Corbyn. British Rail.

Derek Richardson, South Queensferry

The railways are subsidised, yet profit is made. Surely our public services should be no-for-profit?

Richard Robinson, Scarborough

Time to re-nationalise the railways.

Ian Aspinall, Huddersfield

It’s plainly obvious that this is not saving the people money. Typically we pay for the upkeep while private companies profit.

Glynn Smith, Rotherham

My name is Britain and I still hate this sodding country.

Will Britain, Sutton Benger

It should never have been privatised in the first place. The Conservative government stole it from the nation and we want it back.

Anne Booth, Huddersfield

The private rail companies of the UK are an absolute disgrace. Re-nationalise now.

Wilfrid McNeill, Manchester

We bitched about the sandwiches at the time but my goodness do we miss a fully integrated affordable system?

Denis Tweedy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

People not profit. Re-unify our country again. Encourage us off the roads.

Fenella Watts, Southampton

Railways should be state-owned and a not-for-profit industry.

Pete Boor, Penzance

I totally agree. A national railway is the only way to run a vital passenger and freight-carrying network. The privateers need to be banished from our railways.

Stephen Done, New Brighton

I used to be a footplate staff on the BR, and it worked like clockwork. Stationmasters made sure we were on time.

Terry Hanley, St Helens

The rail service is terrible and tickets are too expensive. It costs me less in fuel and insurance combined to get most places in my car, instead of using rail.

George Symes-Davidson, Plymouth

Lets go back to a service for the public not a service for a few shareholders.

Chris Clarke, Huddersfield

This needs doing.

K Badlan, Ludlow

Extortionate prices, extremely shitty services. Shareholders rubbing their hands together and smirking. That sums up national rail pretty well.

Kane Pawlina, Chelmsford

I have worked on the railway for 13 years and can honestly say that this is the only way forward for the rail industry.

Lee Richardson, Darlington