I just heard your spokeswoman, Ellie Harrison, on the Today programme this morning. Brilliant, but the pompous Waterman did it for you, trying to defend the indefensible.

Stuart Hammond, Milton Keynes

Excellent campaign.

Mair Jones, Denbigh

Bring back British Rail.

Alan Butcher, Washington

I applaud this campaign! I would like it to spread to local bus services.

Christopher Madden

As most of Wales is served by one franchise change would be easy and London service franchise is renewable within two years.

Nicholas Phillips, Cardiff

Rail travel is sustainable and reduces pollution and traffic. It should be cheap.

Jessie Treverton, Brighton

The service provided by Arriva is abysmal. The trains are a disgraceful mess.

Ian Weston, Cardiff

The privatisation of British Railways has been a complete and unmitigated disaster. Bring the railways back to complete public ownership now.

Charlie Cozens, Lewes

Privatisation has allowed behemoths of companies to immorally inflate rail prices and has left us with no alternative but to empty our wallets in order to travel.

Georgios Siminas, Manchester

Fallacy of competition improving service and reducing costs thoroughly falsified by our extortionate rail system.

Alice Pearson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

It’s supposed to be private but gets billions from us the taxpayers.

David B Jackson, Lincoln

A profitable asset for the UK not shareholders.

Rob Bowles, Manchester

The only way that the railway works is to re-nationalise it. Put passengers before profit.

Jennifer Gray, Bristol

UK railways are in total meltdown. Bring back British Rail, please.

Neal Deakins, Louth

Fully nationalised railway please.

Patrick Kite, Forfar

Safety sacrificed for profit.

Alex Morgan, Bristol

Privatisation only works for the shareholders – for the rest of us it’s a mess.

Delyth Chappell, Skipton

There needs to be a stop to these high fares.

Nicki Saxton, London

I’m fed up with poor service and high prices.

Colin Anderson, Airdrie

Privatisation of public transport is criminal and should never have happened.

Llio Davies

Britain’s railways are for the people not for profit.

Greg Taylor, York

Service of vital interest to the nation should belong to the people.

Glenys Hutchinson, Milton Keynes

Rail companies are above the government and above their customers. They are not held responsible for their poor service. They cripple the country.

Phillip Crosby, London

I fully support the need for a publicly-owned and run railway in Britain.

Paul McNally, Washington

Since it’s been private it’s all about profit and not service.

Alan Johnson, Liverpool

Bring prices down. Re-nationalise now.

Harriet Rogers, Birmingham

Price gouging on car parking as result of massive monopolistic position in the area around car parks.

Peter Johnson, London

Privatisation hasn’t worked and the debt is even bigger than British Rail ever had.

Darren Rafferty, Sheffield

We need it to be brought back to life.

Helka Thompson, Swindon