Stop subsidising European rail services that are far superior to ours.

Dan Hennessy, Meopham

We have to put up with some of the world’s most expensive train fares. Why?

Peter Rivet, Lancaster

Privatisation has raised the prices to fill private pockets, while we suffer poorer transport links and old carriages!

David Kazwini, Hitchin

It was so much better before privatisation.

Esme Zarins, Newbury

We must continue to fight the fight for what’s fair and bring back British Rail!

Ellie Harrison, Glasgow

You the taxpayer are paying for it so that the fat cats can get their free cream. You might as well own it too.

John Armstrong, Carlisle

We need to reclaim all that is rightfully ours.

Steven Bartlett, Diss

Bring back British Rail!

Steven Fraser, Dunbartonshire

Other countries manage their transport systems with nationalised, integrated services. Some of them even own some of our railway networks. Surely we could do the same?

Margaret Foster, Hitchin

Privatisation rarely works for the average person. East Coast was doing so well so why did that have to change?

Diana Lauder, Wakefield

For the people, not private profit.

Eirin Julie Ingebrigtsvoll, London

It’s time we the taxpayers have more say on how our money is spent.

Robert Gordon, Liverpool

The railways are abysmal. If the railways were run for a good service and not profit more people would use them. And we’d help the environment.

Tom McGiveron, Lower Peover

Yes we need cheap trains.

Rob Willis, Shrewsbury

Look at the success state ownership has had on the East Coast Main Line after the private company screwed up. We should repeat the exercise nationally.

Brendan Conroy, Ruislip

I’m tired of paying extortionate fares in order to prop up shareholders in private companies whilst the services themselves are unbelievably substandard.

Carl Hodgetts, Cardiff

It just costs too much.

Rose Walsh, Bristol

British Rail had its faults but looks perfect compared to the multi-tier, bits-and-pieces shambles we have today.

Simon Stoddart, Hastings

They should never have been re-privatised. Failure was why it was nationalised in the first place. Every other country in Europe has a great railway system.

Terence Thomson, Llansawel

I do believe it is a disgrace that the British railways are segregated and have the unusual rip-off fares.

Charles Barratt, Castleford

It makes no sense to try to introduce competition into what is a natural monopoly that should be run as a public good.

Louis Thorne, Cambridge

Train travel in Britain is the embarrassment of Europe and we deserve better service and better value if we are to help to cut car emissions by taking the train.

Jenny Toal, Coalville

My trains are currently late, noisy, rickety, too cold, too hot, invisible, cramped, unsafe, overcrowded, dirty, unmanned, smelly, expensive and old.

Roy Banks, Featherstone

This is a marvellous and absolutely necessary campaign.

Jon McCarthy

Re-nationalise British Rail.

David Callaghan, Kingston-upon-Hull

Bring back BR along with Network Southeast, Intercity and Regional Railways, and end franchising for the good of the people, not profit.

Jesse Mensah, London

I’m Dutch but it hurts to see what has happened to the great British railways.

Enrico van Leeuwen, Utrecht

It feels as if it’s all disintegrated. Make it function properly by joining up the pieces.

Sylvia Webb, Sunbury

Post privatisation, operating companies got four times the funding given to BR. Scandalous.

Andrew Hinder, Woking