Good luck with the campaign.

James Mundy, New Eltham

Privatisation hasn’t worked. Nationalise now.

Jane Hitchin, West Kirby

I want a public train service I can afford to use.

Daniel Dowsing, Bangor

The carriages need to be cleaner and there should be more of them. Fares should be standardised and the journey and customer experience should be prioritised.

Colin Thompson, Bury St Edmunds

Ticket price is a theft. Do something about it.

Rafal Drozdowski, Chelmsford

Give the services back to the people. Everyone is happier when they are employed by a national rail service, or any other publicly owned service.

Stella Beston, London

I’m sick and tired of paying through the nose and having a rubbish service.

Paul Booth, Bedford

Civilised societies run transport, health, education etc. as services, not opportunities for private profit.

Rebecca Michel, Exeter

It’s Britain’s shame and we still subsidise it.

Donald Peddie, Sunbury

I’m appalled at privatisation of the railways and have contempt for the outfits running them. The destruction of BR and loss of skills and knowledge is criminal.

Martin Hollington, Manchester

Our railways are a public service and should not be used to generate profit for private companies and shareholders.

Greg Hudson, London

Re-nationalise all previously nationalised industries.

Roy Burton, Dundee

Since privatisation the costs of paperwork have increased dramatically with so many organisations to deal with to enable anything to get done.

Frank Nicholas Adam

We need affordable, interconnected, environmentally friendly rail services.

Juliet Wilson, Edinburgh

As an ex BR employee and First employee I think the railways should never have been privatised. They cost far less to run when they were BR.

Mike Devane, St Neots

A natural monopoly which can and should be run so much better for everyone.

Stefan Puchowski, High Wycombe

There are some important services which should be just that – not business, e.g. NHS, transport infrastructure. Reverse Tory privatisations.

Elizabeth Burling, London

Interesting that the route taken back by the state is the profitable one now.

James Nicolson, London

I travel daily and I think the way that the rail companies operate is a disgrace – constant delays, cancellations and overall incompetence.

Sam Gutsell, Brighton

A unified national network run in the interests of passengers can only be better than the current fragmented system run in the interests of private profit and bureaucrats.

John Marsden, Lochgilphead

I left my native Britain because of Thatcher’s lunatic policies. Destroying the railway system was just one of these. Here you can travel 60 miles for £9.50 return.

Charles Billette, Vlastislav, Cz

Privatisation has failed abysmally. It has been a complete failure. There is a groundswell of opinion in favour of re-nationalising. Now is the time.

Graham Lamont, Edinburgh

I want better public transport, not richer leeches.

Francis Varley, Sheffield

Nationalise the railways and subsidise all public transportation. It’s better for our health, pockets and the environment.

Sheriar Hormuzdi, Dundee

The nation that gave the world railways deserves far better than this. We need someone caring about the service they provide not someone’s profits. BBBR.

Max Dutton, Manchester

I’m not convinced the British people ever deserved to have it stolen from them in the first place.

Daren Scott, Worcestershire

Privatisation of our railways led to a big increase in rail fares and large profits for shareholders. The government still put cash into our railways for shareholders profit.

Derek Tingle, Sheffield

The cost of rail fares now is so expensive I can no longer afford to travel.

Debby Poole, Stoke-on-Trent

Bring back British Rail. Privatisation of the U.K railway network is a proven failure; just ask the fare paying passengers!

Phill Lloyd, Hailsham

Selling off our railways to private companies outside the UK is not working. They get richer and we get ripped off. British Rail worked. TfL taking over would work.

Jean Curr, Aylesbury