More failed Tory dogma. This failed experiment has cost us all dearly.

Mark Keeping, Reading

If the government had pumped the same amount of money into British Rail that it has into the private sector then I’m sure we would have a much better rail system now.

Ken Shillito, Barnsley

Yes, get these corporate scumbags out of our lives.

Stuart Armstrong, Haslemere

For an affordable and integrated public transport network.

Caroline Schmutz, London

This is our railway. It should be run as a service and not profit going into private hands.

Jessica Gale, Nottingham

The first priority for private companies is their shareholders who want a profit. Nationalise the railways and make them profitable for tax-payers.

Eve Luddington, Chapel Allerton

Because I believe the basics in modern life should be state-owned and run for the good of the people, not profit for the rich.

Thomas Ingall, Bury St Edmunds

If only Miliband had some guts and re-nationalised the whole shebang of former public industries.

David Abbott, France

Great campaign. How I long for a rational national transport system that is not driven by a free market ideology but by forward thinking policies that put the planet first.

Dean Mander, King’s Lynn

German rail allows two 48 hour stop-overs within one long distance ticket. I don’t think that could happen with the complexity of our rail system, and theirs is cheaper.

Dan Gifford, Machynlleth

Before privatisation, British Rail was the second most efficient rail service in the world, second only to Japan.

Peter Slegg

Let’s build and test trains in the UK, it’ll be good for economy!

Thomas Coyle

Rail companies have under-invested for far too long.

Adam Shelley, Tunbridge Wells

I desperately need the transport to be fixed. It’s a shame we lag so far behind other countries given our position in the world.

Sasha Timofeev, Cambridge

People not profit.

Andy Gordon, Sheffield

This privatisation experiment has failed. The East Coast Line ran at a vast profit when in government hands but not when previously run privately. It’s time for British Rail.

Richard King, Bristol

The railways should be run as a public service and profits should be for improvements and reinvestment, not shareholders.

Susanne Birks, Sheffield

A state-owned rail network now.

Matt Haskins, London

We need to bring back our assets into public ownership, starting with our Railway.

Maurice Spurway, Exeter

Bring back BR.

Alan Gowar, Brighton

I believe that infrastructure vital to a nation should be owned and run by (and for) that nation, not for private profit.

Kieran Wardle, London

Far too many cost centres in what was always a crazy privatisation.

David Cook, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

I would like to see our railways supported more effectively by our government to reflect the critical role railways play economically and socially.

Steve Tolton, Hockley

The taxpayer is paying through the nose to give greedy individuals a huge profit. Re-nationalize a public service that should never have been sold off in the first place.

Pat Vincent, Milton Keynes

We need to take back control of our railways, so we get cheaper rail fares and better service.

Janine Gallagher, Huddersfield

Screw the overpriced fares! We need re-nationalisation now.

Oliver Laraman, Whitstable

We need to stop giving money to the private sector. They are rich enough.

Sandra Brierley, Manchester

Year on year out we get fleeced. Enough is enough.

Daniel York, London