Our rail, our gas, our electricity, our commons, our streets in the hands of profiteers. I hope they shall soon perish.

Sharon Borthwick, London

It’s time to stop the train operating companies running the rail network into the ground.

Daniel Collins, Brentwood

I’m a signaller for 35 years. Re-nationalise to prevent the madness of hundreds of companies working against each other.

Chris Hogg, Melton Mowbray

My train fare is too expensive, the service is terrible and I rarely get a seat.

Toby Saunders, Farnborough

We need to get back public ownership of BR, with company bonuses back to the users.

Andy Fiore, Wivenhoe

We need the return of all things that were great about Britain, of which this is just one.

William Quinn, Liverpool

Unification is the only logical and efficient way to bring mass rapid passenger transit into the 21st century.

Fiona Potter, Billericay

British Rail should never have been privatised.

Brian Ardill, Cullompton

They neglected repairs to make massive profits and then put the prices up. Most people stopped using them because of the price. Lower prices get more customers.

Patrick Fenlon, Chester

Disgusting filthy overpriced overcrowded, totally unreliable, like Hell incarnated as public transport.

Andrew Shefford, Gillingham

Improve the connections of the trains and make them run on time.

Alex Baxter, Harwich

I love the railways, so please return it to the people out of the hands of the profiteers.

Kenneth O’Connell, Falmouth

Stop privatising and franchising everything. Transport should be for the people, not shareholders.

Simon Templar, London

This could spur the economy’s growth with super fast trains.

Alistair Ewing, London

I understand what you mean but I dislike the British Rail tag. Let’s aim a little higher than that.

Maggie Lewis, Waltham-on-the-Wolds

Essentials like travel and public services and utilities should be run by us, for us.

Carole Williamson, Durham

Having experienced the shambles of Southern and the marginally better Arriva Trains Wales services it is high time they were done away with and re-nationalised.

Gordon Leach, Portslade

I believe that the railways would serve the country better if publicly-owned.

Emma Anderson, Otterburn

Inability to run a rail franchise. Lack of investment.

Niall Garner, Witham

Privatisation, fragmentation, subcontracting, internal markets, franchising, managers, managers, managers, jobs for the boys… Rip-off Britain!

James Woodman

I am appalled by the sky-rocketing price of travel, the most expensive in all of Europe. It’s disgusting.

Charles Honderick, London

Give us back our National Rail.

Ellie Gibbs, Knaresborough

I completely agree with this campaign. We should never have privatised what was originally a public service, as European companies are profiting instead of us.

Jacqui Lovell, Stockton-on-Tees

I’m sick of seeing profiteering from our infrastructure.

Jeff Zie, Dorking

I’ve finally reached the end of my tether with trains recently. I’ve always used them because they were greener, cheaper and pleasant. Not any more. Just too expensive.

Sally Brown, Leeds

The rail system is the backbone of any country. We need a rail system that serves our country, not exploits it!

Sascha Humphrey, Deptford

Let’s do it now.

Robert Coleman, Liverpool

East Coast has worked fine under public ownership recently. Why change it?

Stuart Jones, Lincoln

Between some places in the UK it is cheaper to board a flight than catch a train. This is wrong.

Luke Smith

It is an injustice that funds go into shareholders’ pockets instead of being ploughed back into the industry.

Hazel Mitchell, Bedford