The East Coast line has made a profit since it was taken back. Now they want to put it back into private hands.

Peggy McKeown, Consett

End this madness! Make train prices fair.

James Forber, Warrington

The railways are a brilliant way to transport people and goods and belong to the people of Britain. This should never be in private hands.

Robert Naylor, Mansfield

If we are to support communities and re-connect to a more social way of being other than through Facebook, the rail network requires a solid base to support this from.

Alastair Stewart, Lancaster

I’m old enough to remember when it was that way and better. We need a service to serve us.

Trevor Barham, London

Simple. Each time a provider fails they should lose the contract. Then BR (or the equivalent) takes over. British Rail can then grow organically proving themselves.

Dave Keane, Hastings

I couldn’t agree more. Bring back British Rail.

Chris Carter, London

Not before time.

Margaret Rumble, Oakham

East Coast is working well – keep it public.

Julia Charlton, Newcastle upon Tyne

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! But the UK rail system is broke and the only way to fix it is to re-nationalise it.

Geoffrey Knipe, Peterborough

I entirely support your aims and now understand why you reversed the logo!

Chris Owen

A public service should be owned and run for the public. If private enterprise want to have a go at running the railways let them start from scratch.

Steve Taylor, Coventry

The current system just isn’t working – except for shareholders.

Terry Stockman, Sidcup

Let’s do this and end the monopoly.

Jim Tait, Edinburgh

We need to bring back British Rail for the sake of our international competitiveness.

Paul Bright

It’s scandalous that the Scottish railway has been sold to the Dutch national rail. Give our railways back to the people.

Ben Carlin, Falkirk

The railways are too important to our economy to be run on market forces. They should be there to deliver a service, not to make private profit.

Janet Mobbs, Stockport

Privatisation is a right wing ideology that does not work with industries that need to be countrywide and where some areas need to be supported by others.

Bernice Broggio, Gateshead

The Tories are disgracefully making worse what they started in the early 90s to benefit their rich friends.

Simon Newell, London

British Rail should never have been sold off in the first place. It’s been an unmitigated disaster.

Andrea Charles, Port Talbot

I strongly support this campaign. Rail travel to work is becoming prohibitive by cost and is causing an exodus of talent from the city.

Richard Sharp, Colchester

Let’s make public transport publicly owned and not for private profit.

David Lewis, York

British Rail Isn’t British Rail but it Should be.

Brian Ellison, Manchester

ATW service is at breaking point. Overcrowding is terrifying. We cannot continue to sit quietly and do nothing. I am sick of fighting my way on to stand in the toilet.

S C, Treforest

We need a railway that is run for the benefit of the people not a few multi millionaires.

Philip Feakin, London

The Tories did some stupid things when they were in power in the 1990’s. The privatisation of BR comes out near the top.

John Duggan, York

You can’t put a price on transport. Get it back and run it properly.

Colin Staplehurst, London

I’m speechless with anger.

Ian Greenhalgh, Edinburgh

Bring back our British Rail.

Steve Baxter, Newark