We pay six times as much as Europe. We need a nationalised railway now.

Margaretha Galt, Cambridge

Its high time we reversed the criminal corrupt theft of public assets (aka privatisation) by Tory criminal elites and their corporate funders.

Harvey Upton, Ely

I regularly travel on Cross Country. Compared to East Coast, the trains are overcrowded, noisy, a poor service and often blocked toilets. Profit has been put before people.

Peter Hay, Darlington

Bring back a nationalised rail system. If private companies can make money, so can a nationalised system.

Susan Nutt, Blandford

Bring back British Rail.

Sana Nagi, Liverpool

I am appalled by the sky-rocketing price of travel, the most expensive in all of Europe. It’s disgusting.

Charles Honderick, London

GWR a joke.

Allan Sankey, Redditch

For too long the profits of these private companies have been fed back into the pockets of shareholders at the expense of the British public.

Richard Norris, Hull

The East Coast line proves that public ownership works.

Steve Lucas, Surbiton

Southern Rail are an utter disgrace. Bring back a rail service that actually serves the public rather than lines private pockets.

Angela Breen, Reigate

Bring back British Rail.

Ashley Sinani, London

Stockton and Darlington taught us that railways must be fully integrated – track, trains, repairs et al. The current system is expensive lunacy.

Bryan Sadler, Lancaster

All essential services should be publicly owned.

Daniel Kirkham, Birmingham

Although I like the different companies and versatility in trains, private companies vary way too much in quality of service from one another and everything is confusing.

Jahmin Balde, Ipswich & Lowestoft

Bring back the good old British Rail and get rid of these money-grabbing private companies.

Graham Cooksey, Cardiff

Rail travel, for the people, by the people.

Stephen Hepworth, Buxton

It would be nice to have the trains back running from Fleetwood to other parts of the country again so that people can travel to work.

Norah Stuchfield, Fleetwood

I cannot feasibly use the trains any more at the absurd prices. It is daylight robbery.

Alex Malone, Bristol

Bring back British Rail.

Anne Elizabeth Plowman, Sheffield

Bring back BR.

David Lomas, Hemel Hempstead

We must bring back British Rail. It makes sense and is the way forward.

Nicholas Harding, Chippenham

Take the railways back from the greedy corporates who profit while we suffer every day.

Damon Newton-Goode, Portsmouth

Take rail transport out of the hands of profiteers and banks.

Martin Griffiths, Fraserburgh

I fail to understand how anyone could say the railway has improved in the hands of these private companies.

Russell Butler

Bring Back Public Ownership.

C Budzik, London

Not everything works better in the private sector!

Ian Wooltorton, Norwich

I hope the campaign succeeds.

Iris Woods, Coventry

The railway privatisation was rushed through, our railways were sold at cut price without our agreement. If only British Rail had received the money private operators get.

Tom Spowart, Newton Aycliffe

You know it makes sense.

Frances McNeil, Leeds

Train services used to ‘connect’. Since privatisation came in ‘connecting’ has become a chance event.

Peter Wormald, Knaresborough