At last – a movement that will bring BR back into public hands.

Linda Green, Sheffield

Just get it done.

John Rowley, Hull

Bring back the glory days of British Rail travel.

Jozef Tipson, Gloucester

Let’s get back to a rail network that was the best in the world. Look at other countries as models for what we should be aiming for.

Simon Coulton, Bradford

With a reintegrated railway system, the bureaucracy could be cut benefiting the normal people in society.

Frank Nicholas Adam

Power to the people. Down with privatisation.

Gemma Evans, Caerphilly

25 years ago you didn’t feel like you’d arrived in a developing country when you used the UK rail system after having travelled by train in France or Germany.

Simon Wood, Bath

Renationalise the railways now.

Josh Learwood, London

At last, I have found a campaign group dedicated to re-nationalisation of the rail network. The current system in the hands of private ownership is totally dysfunctional.

Martin Ludford, Peterborough

It’s about time the customers were considered, with the companies yielding a smaller profit margin, to accommodate cheaper fares.

Adrian Sedgwick, Blackpool

For all our sakes – and the environment – let’s have our national rail service back.

John Wakefield, Stone

I fully support the re-nationalisation of all public services. The clue as to where ownership should be is in the description. Germany and France recognise this.

Richard Roberts, Huntingdon

Stop wasting tax payer money on private rail. Bring back public owned transportation.

Naomi Wallace, Otterburn

East Coast is doing an excellent job. If it is not broke do not fix it.

Colin Austin, Peterlee

Bring back British Rail. Simplify train fares – one ticket and price for any train, not separate tickets for Virgin, Cross Country, London Midland etc.

Paul Duffy, Motherwell

Brava Bravo.

Rose Frain, Edinburgh

It’s disgraceful that yearly tickets cost more than it costs to run an average car and the trains are late at least 50% of the time.

Igor Ryabukhin, London

Please bring back British Rail so I can return to work on the railways I love.

John Conley

the cost of rail travel in the UK is getting more expensive but is still increasingly inefficient. It should be re-nationalised.

Will Bale, Caerphilly

Time for a change. Commuters have increasingly been mugged off by the rail companies and Network Rail for too long.

Steve Cobb, Ashford

Re-nationalise our railways.

Dean Brown, Enfield

If you remember British Rail, this is a complete no-brainer – a system that worked and did not give inflated profits to incompetent private companies.

Rev Padma Sumananda, Bournemouth

Ludicrously overpriced, unreliable. The rail system is awful.

Michael Kelland, London

With fewer staffed ticket offices the travelling public will get worse customer service and no help getting the best deals from an ever confusing array of tickets.

Bill Porter

Sack Southern and Claire Perry.

Nicola Laing, Haywards Heath

I agree – bring it back to get rid of rip-off prices.

Ashley Jones, Bristol

Railways are a service, and services should be run by the country for the people, not by individuals for a profit.

Alastair Currie

Railways are the property of the British public like all infrastructure. Utilities should be not owned and plundered for profit by fat cats who pay no taxes.

James Dawn, Gloucester

An embarrassment to our country, and legitimately a large source of much misery in my life.

Sean Cole, Gravesend

Our services belong in public hands. No more private railways or bus services.

Ian Beasley, Stoke-on-Trent