Our rail, our gas, our electricity, our commons, our streets in the hands of profiteers. I hope they shall soon perish.

Sharon Borthwick, London

Beeching’s rationalised railway made commercial competition impossible as each route is is a monopoly. The only sane way to operate this is as a nationalised entity.

Jo Turner, Leeds

Privatisation is not working. It’s cost us billions and then we have to pay through the nose for tickets too.

Andrew Robertson, London

The rail network is a mess. Bring it back to the public. Privatisation has not worked.

Maya Ring, Sompting

Trains should be cheap and reliable and all the income should be re-invested to continuously improve the service.

Daniel Shooman, Bangor

Public transport in public hands.

Cecilia Ballesteros, Hove

Fed up with the swindle of private corporations creaming off public subsidy and providing shoddy service!

Charlotte Warne Thomas, London

Bring back British Rail.

John Robertson, Reigate

We need to save our billions from going to European railway companies and invest in our railways for a better service.

Gurmeet Singh, Leeds

No doubt HS2 will be privatised once the tax payer has financed this white elephant.

Karen Haywood, Chesterfield

Our fares are so much higher than everyone else’s in Europe. Canterbury – Swansea is £90. It’s time for change!

Daniel Bourn, Canterbury

For the benefit of the people.

Robert Carr, Wivenhoe

We’ve had enough of companies taking profits and under-investing. All profits, responsibility and decisions should be the Government’s on behalf of the population.

Richard Morgan, Bradford

When returning from mainland Europe by train, I am always embarrassed by the contrast, the high prices and tattiness of our un-nationalised railways compared to the SNCF.

Sue Stewart, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

We must stop treating the railways as a way of filling private pockets with taxpayers’ cash.

Brian Binns, Harrogate

It should never have been sold off and has never been successful. Bring back to public ownership and start the freight and post going by rail again.

Susan Cole, North Shields

Privatisation benefits nobody except the fat cat bosses.

Cecil Richardson, Nottingham

British Rail appeared to be more reliable and less costly.

Sandra Foster, Rainham

The sooner the better.

Steve Greenwood, Heywood

I’m fed-up with subsidising this privatisation.

Jeanne Woodcraft, Berkhamsted

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

A very good campaign – all the best with your efforts.

John Morgan, Flitwick

Infrastructure should be publicly-owned and run.

John Pulman, London

Bring back British Rail.

Ellie Rigby, London

Billions wasted in annual share dividends which could be used to improve rail service.

Gary Tallant, Liversedge

Stop pouring public money into private pockets.

Robert McCombe, Hawarden

It makes sense.

Eric Sargeant, Derby

This needs to be back in the public sector. Why should tax payers keep bailing out these companies and then pay through the nose to line their pockets?

Colin Rolfe, Chelmsford

The railways belonged to us before they were sold off. Re-nationalise British Rail and use any profits to re-invest in the infrastructure, not line the pockets of the rich.

Jonathan Gulliford, Merthyr Tydfil

SNCF, DB, SNCB, rail in Denmark, the Netherlands etc. All work very well, are bang up-to-date, and are cheaper, with plenty of investment and modernisation. Why not BR?

Tim Perry, London