Not tomorrow – now.

Dennis Lane, Middlesbrough

British Rail was so much better than what we have now. Bring it back.

Annie Mulholland, Bradford-on-Avon

We need a properly-run and cost-effective railway system and stop putting millions into corporate pockets.

Michael Poole, Greenford

Stop privatising everything. There is more to life than trying to make profits as the only priority. What about providing decent public services?.

Albert E C Hemmings, Salisbury

We need a re-vitalisation of clause 4. Privatisation is theft.

Jane Canning, Liverpool

Start by retaining the wonderful East Coast line which is a delight to experience.

Linda Edmonds, Sheffield

I’m honoured to sign.

Olivia Sykes, Huddersfield

East Coast has proved the madness that is privatisation. It has made an operating profit and hasn’t needed any subsidy.

Paul Bathgate, London

It’s the only way to improve rail transport and get an integrated network.

Alwyne Richards-Ellis, Luton

I’m an ex-BR permanent way worker, back in the days when we knew every inch of the track in our area.

Kevin McGrath, Great Yarmouth

I am sick of the private railways being a mechanism to transfer money from taxpayers to shareholders.

Richard Jowett, Bradford

Bring back a national rail system. Privatisation hasn’t worked.

Scott Rundle, Oxford

It’s an essential public service.

Tim Miles, London

Privatising the railway system was a very expensive mistake, only done for ideological reasons.

Tom Voute, Purley

Why not re-nationalise, take more people off benefits to work in the Industry to, once again, give good customer service, instead of demoralising them with unemployment.

Shirley Coupe, Norwich

Trains are the best.

Penny Jones, Pembrokeshire

The only one that makes a real profit is the East Coast line that is publicly owned, a prime example of how it can work.

Ian Johnstone, Grantham

It is chaos and passengers are being ripped off left, right and centre.

Clive Mitchell, Bridgend

BR should not have been privatised in the first place.

Jim Aird, Edinburgh

The Government should be running the rail lines, not the shareholders.

Bill Murphy, York

Let the train take the strain.

Garry Carpenter, Woking

Set train fares at pence per mile. National railcard will bring a third off the price of the journey.

Andrew Wetherall, Ashford, Middlesex

I remember the days of British Rail and would like to see them return.

Gillian Anson, Letchworth

Privatisation has led to poor service and is too expensive. It’s become all about profit for the few.

Roy Little, Leicester

East Coast have shown the way. Public sector can do it profitably.

Mike Norris, Alnmouth

Just let’s have it back. The trains were great.

Garry Pease, Finzean

I remember the old BR which was a lot better than the service we have now, as it’s very confusing (different tickets etc.) trains are late and more expensive.

Doug Bate, Essex

British Rail was using no subsidy when privatised. Now we have a company with a massive subsidy.

Graham Sharman, Peterborough

I’d like to see an affordable service that works. Right now it is a poor service and greatly overpriced.

Justin Sargeant, Cambridge

British trains are probably the most expensive and complicated to use in all Europe. Prices vary according to how you go about buying a ticket. It is so complicated.

Philip De Lacy White, North Cave