Bring it back.

William Clark, Brandon

We’ve been taken for a ride far too long.

Ron Ellis, Weston-super-Mare

I’m with you.

Maurice Zeegen, Watford

No-brainer.

Sarah Davis, London

The sooner the railways are re-nationalised, the better it will be for all of us – rail users and non-users alike.

Richard Winfield

Please sort it out and stop the squeeze.

lori Campbell, Bristol

You knew where you stood with British Rail.

Helen Flyn, Peterborough

We need a dependable integrated fairly-priced rail network rather than the current mess and HS2. Two hours from Manchester to London is completely fine.

Sarah Redman, Manchester

I agree 100%. Public services, not profits.

Matt Chadwick, Nottingham

The old British Rail service was preferable to the abject misery I get most weekends on my line.

Jason Fernee, Billericay

Let’s have it.

Ian Woodford, Ipswich

I wasn’t alive when British Rail was around, but everyone I know who was alive tells me that everything was much better than it is now, which isn’t that hard a task.

Matthew Brigden, Cardiff

It is high time that railways were run for the benefit of all passengers rather than the profits of private stakeholders

Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen, Bath

Too often the prices are too high and the quality of service too low. Bring back British Rail.

Jennifer Duckitt, Bradford

Over-priced fares are killing the country.

Lawrence Roberts, Winchester

Let’s go forwards not backwards. It worked for us when BR was running from the 50s to the late 80s.

Ian Cook, Manchester

Fond memories of the days of British Rail. Bring them back.

Steve Alton, Haywards Heath

There’s no reason why it can’t be done. Just don’t re-franchise when the current ones come to an end. But government is in hoc to international capital and Brussels.

Trevor Burr, Birmingham

Rail is a natural monopoly and should be run as a true service for the people, never for profit.

David Thompson, Liverpool

Great campaign. I hope it has an effect!

Andy Norris

It’s long overdue. The present situation is ridiculous.

Tim Coad, Frodsham

It should never have been privatised in the first place. While we are at it we should re-nationalise gas, electricity, water and all of the other public services.

Keith Hutchison, Alfreton

why on earth did the Tories sell off the East Coast main line except for political dogma and to line the pockets of their cronies?

Alexander Hedley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

And we’re passengers, not customers.

Mark Gregory, Yeovil

Enough of high priced and shoddy services for the traveller.

Tim Brown, Leeds

The price of tickets and the excellent service on East Coast Mainline is a model for how we as passengers should be treated.

Linda Norman, Harpenden

A unified British Rail is much more preferable to the shoddily-run, profiteering companies we have now.

Jonathon Bradley, Bolton

Stop privatisation and serve the people. They pay enough tax.

Hazel Burns, Dunham-on-Trent

it is time to take our core industries away from the thieves and fat cats and restore them to the public sector. People before profits. Off with their heads.

Dean Bell, Retford

Privatisation of major public services is an excuse to pass public money to the rich at the expense of the majority.

Jim Fisher, Luton