National action now!

Daniel Carr, Birmingham

Bring back the British values of a great rail company.

Jamie Massey, Essex

We have the most subsidised railway and the highest fares – all to feed private profit. That’s madness.

Ken Kirk, Brighton

Maintaining the railway in public ownership, as a vertically organised system, is the only sensible arrangement.

Theodore Bacon, York

They should never have been privatised in the first place.

Johnr Foy, Liverpool

Bring it back.

Beth Neale, Warminster

Services are deteriorating rapidly. Stops on Newcastle to Kings Cross have reduced, therefore taking longer to reach destinations, e.g. Letchworth and Stevenage.

Margaret Campbell, Whitley Bay

A national network would benefit not just passengers but the whole of the economy, society – and the environment (fewer cars on roads).

Annie Leymarie, Hassocks

The monopoly the train companies have over the lines we have no choice but to use is disgraceful and should not be tolerated

Kyle Amps, Birmingham

The railway needs its efficiency and respect it once had. It will also create more jobs for the people who want work in the rail industry.

Evan Jenkins, Poole

We are sick of over-priced and over-crowded trains. Privatisation has failed to bring the improvements promised and has just resulted in fat profits for the few.

Barbara Nelson, Leeds

I love British Rail.

Daniel Brown, Prestatyn

British is best.

Ann Barnes, York

Let’s stop the corporate benefits that gives us poor management, rip-off fares and a terrible ticketing system. Re-nationalise now.

Adam Stock, Newcastle

Privatisation is killing the UK.

Malcolm Barnes, Sheffield

We must not let Network Rail – our transport infrastructure – go out of public ownership.

Hazel Thompson, High Peak

I worked on the railway for nearly 20 years and it was much better as British Rail than as a private company.

Kathleen Webb, Glasgow

Beeching got it wrong in the 60s and the Tories got it wrong in the 90s. We need a unified rail transport system for the UK.

William Paul Brook, Cullercoats

The rot must stop!

Zach Elsbury, Melbourne

British Rail is best for Britain.

Dan Girard, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Privatisation doesn’t work. This fiasco is all the proof we need.

Michelle Hornsey, Leeds

Virgin Trains are severely overpriced.

Steven Pugh, Manchester

Privatisation was just a con and a rip-off of public funds. Let’s see an end to it.

Stephen Field, Warwick

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

I don’t want fake ‘choice’. I want high quality, reasonably priced, dependable public transport and would rather my taxes pay for this directly than with private subsidies.

Andrew Stevens, London

I will vote for the party that pledges to re-nationalise the railways. Otherwise I can’t bring myself to take any political party seriously.

Warwick Downes, Lympstone

It has been a long time coming and at last the politicians are starting to listen to the public. It’s been long overdue in my opinion.

Neville Harwood

We cannot let this continue any more and we need to stand up and be counted.

Wesley Barrett, Brighton

Absolute shambles since privatisation with massive amounts of money going to shareholders instead of being invested in the railway system of the UK.

Mike Dempsey, Glenrothes