Euan Rafferty, Leamington SpaI have been using rail in the UK for thirty years and it has gone downhill rapidly since privatisation.
Tim Williams, BirminghamThe price of getting a train is a joke.
Gavin McBride, EdinburghBecause what we have at the moment is not fit for purpose and all it achieves is the fattening of corporate wallets.
Hamish Anderson, HexhamBring the railways back into public hands. Stop private companies ripping us off and putting profits before the public.
Sam Morris, MillomBring back BR like the good old days.
Fiona Williams Hulbert, EdinburghEast Coast rail has been the best experience and I hope it can be extended to more of our railways. Not many separate companies.
Jaxx Carter, WirralBring back British Rail for all.
James Bennett, NorthamptonReturn all privatised services to full public ownership and management.
Rafy Hay, LondonThis campaign needs to show the press and politicians that re-nationalisation still has mass support.
Gbenga Anisere, ReadingWhy take away people’s meal ticket when you can’t better their lives? Reduce rail fares and re-instate retrenched rail staff.
Christopher Rowe, DurhamEast Coast is the best service presently in the UK, doesn’t have to pay a dividend to rich shareholders, and is less of a burden on taxpayers than any private company.
Nick Adams, BirminghamWe need a simple, affordable ticketing structure coupled with all the trains, tracks and stations being run by one publicly accountable body. That’s simple.
Catherine Duckenfield, DoncasterEast Coast owned by the public was doing fine. The Treasury were getting the profit that will now go to big business. It would be a joy to buy tickets from one place.
Iain Macaskill, SuffolkMy train is late every day. The Sunday service is a bus. My ticket is never checked and the contempt for passengers from National Express is vivid.
Hywel Morgan, LondonRead ‘The Permanent Way’ by David Hare.
Conor Cusack, LondonBring the railways back into public hands. East Coast is performing well right now.
Anne Elizabeth Plowman, SheffieldBring back British Rail.
Antonella Massari, BristolI am 60 and I used British Rail daily, in my youth. I want BR back, in public ownership.
Colin Potter, PontefractJust like the sorry state of the fuel utilities, privatisation of the railways shares one glaring similarity. The clear and simple fact is that privatisation does work.
Malcolm Smith, LondonIf rail fares continue to increase at this rate, I won’t be able to afford to travel on the network. Therefore I will no longer be able to afford to go to work.
P Moon, AberystwythBecause the current system is over-priced and under-delivers for passengers.
Geoffrey Richmond, NottinghamI’m not a regular user of trains but believe profits better spent on rail infrastructure than high executive wages and company profits.
Lynda Matthews, LiverpoolIt wasn’t the government’s to privatise in the first place. It needs to go back to being nationalised.
Richard O’Sullivan, LondonRail fares keep going up and up when services do not get better. This has to stop.
Natasha Richards, SalfordIt just makes sense to do this.
Steven Harland, BradfordThe Tories privatised a lot of things from Maggie Thatcher onwards. The biggest mistake was our railway. It’s not British now. It’s time to buy it back.
Lynn Macgill, KeighleyAll public transport should be state-owned and state-run, at prices people can afford. Get cars off the road and people onto public transport.
Phil SimpsonThe private railway is not more efficient. It is interested only in the bottom line, not providing any kind of a service.
Christine Cunningham, PlymouthAs you can see, Plymouth and Cornwall are at the backend of beyond according to those who run the railways. Anything south of Bristol does not exist. Enough said.
Philip Edwards, LeedsBring the railways and the power companies back to the people.