A unified network has to make sense.

Robert Holland, Nottingham

Fares have increased out of proportion to wages or the cost of living.

Roberta Gamble, Shrewsbury

This needs to happen. What is the use of a train that is less than half-filled to capacity when you charge through the nose? Give British Rail back to the people.

Chris Yates, Northwich

Finally, a group has the courage to say what many are thinking.

Michael Lotinga, Bristol

I am sick of paying more and more money, only to have the quality continuously deteriorate so drastically.

James de Kock, London

The best rail service in the UK is the East Coast line, and that’s state-run.

John Patrick Connolly, Saltburn by the Sea

All my formative years from age 11 to age 18 were spent travelling smoothly to school daily via British Rail so naturally I’m in favour of this petition.

Naomi Bowen, Banbury

Britain deserves a top-class, publicly-owned railway like France.

Huw Spanner, Harrow

Actually, I have lived in Norway for 37 years and the railways here are still (almost entirely) publicly owned and are very good.

Charles Andrew Rose, London

The success of the East Coast Line clearly demonstrates how much better the railways are in public ownership.

Caroline Pickering, Northallerton

BR was sold for Tory profit. Taxpayers were robbed of their investment. It’s time to take it back.

Mike Fowler, Peterborough

Public service should not be in private hands.

Dick Norton, Cupar

Put an end to soaring fares, delays, cancellations, overcrowding. Give us reliable, human transport, not cattle trucking!

Cary Elcome, Leicester

We need to realise how far behind other western countries we are with this service.

Emma Yexley, Hertford

I know it’ll never happen but we can but try.

Liam Browne, Northampton

Rail travel should be cheaper than using the car, to encourage people to use the train instead. That’s why I support this campaign.

Amanda Law, Twyford

End the shocking rip-off of modern train travel and the total lack of value for money.

Christopher Davidson, Bolton

One operator would make it easier when you require assistance. Wheelchair spaces vary in size on different operators.

Pablo Rees, Swansea

There is no argument against nationalisation.

Ken Cole, Norwich

Rail profits back to the people.

Patricia Burn, Manchester

Go back to running trains at cost not for profit.

Vincent Brierley, Peterborough

British Rail was simply awesome, there were no other words to say about it beside that.

Lewis East, Swindon

Rail should be a public service, not a cash cow for shareholders and bosses. Profits should be reinvested in better provision for customers.

Peter Smith, Downham Market

Re-nationalise and take the train network out of the hands of the robbers.

Peter Dornan, London

It should be a Labour manifesto pledge.

Terry McKeown, Leeds

It’s horrible to be sat on a 142.

Reece Watren, Sheffield

Please bring back British Rail.

Pete Fox, Brighton

I travel every day using Southern. They have been making my travel a misery for the last year and it’s getting worse by the day. It’s outrageous what they make people go through.

Martin Siedek, London

It should never have been stolen from us in the first place.

Leon Maurice-Jones, London

We subsidise the private companies when they make a loss and they keep the money if they make a profit. Why would we not re-nationalise?

Mark Bebbington, Bury