I’m disgusted that London Midland has had its franchise extended.

Jacqui Rowe, Birmingham

All privatisations of publicly-owned infrastructure assets were driven by commercial interests and have not served the public well – an abdication of responsibility.

John Heap, Wetherby

Please end the idiocy of privatisation. Bring it all back under one umbrella for the good of the country, the passengers and the industry.

Mike Gibson, Warminster

BR seems to have run best when it was up for sale and had to prove itself before privatisation. If East Coast can do it, then I’m sure the whole network can too.

Malcolm Hunt, London

Let’s have a railway service that serves stakeholders not shareholders.

Mike Nevill, Worthing

Time to undo.

David Cole, London

I think it’s disgusting that the prices are increasing yet again.

Dawn Curtis, Reading

It seems like common sense to run a transport service for people rather than profit.

Jim Gibbs, Sheffield

This is something I have been saying for a long time. The government should be responsible for transport, hospitals and schools. I wish this action the very best.

Martyn Thirlway, London

The political party willing to take this action will have a powerful example of how they are resisting the idea of profit for the few over the welfare of the many.

Donal Shea, London

Expensive, cumbersome, inadequate and a national disgrace – Britain’s privatised rail network. Follow the European model and bring back BR.

Anthony French, Doncaster

Fed up of waiting for trains.

Tomos Jones, Ruthin

The idea that essential national infrastructure should be owned by publicly unaccountable overseas private organisations is absurd on a fundamental level.

Phillip Bevin, Surbiton

It’s a diabolical service and they don’t care about the passengers, but useless top managers are paid millions.

Mike Kirwan, Nottingham

As private owners want a profit it’s unlikely they will ever be cheaper.

Mary Fletcher, St Ives

Utilities should belong to the people.

Lee Dalton, Weymouth

The service is terrible, confusing and incredibly expensive. Fix this awful rail system and help the UK work.

Jeremy Wildeman, Exeter

Privatisation has been a disaster. Carried out without a political mandate, and maintained against the general will of the country. It’s time to reclaim our railways.

Richard Leaman, Preston

I would like profits currently paid to shareholders put back into our services and not have them sold off in the fist place.

Karl Groom, Bracknell

Bring back British Rail. Privatisation has been a disaster.

Beryl Myers, Co. Durham

It’s a disgrace that the privatised rail service gets three times the subsidy British Rail ever got.

Martin Hawes, Swindon

Train travel has become a ridiculously expensive, uncomfortable and unpleasant experience. It wasn’t always so. I support the return of British Rail.

John Leyland, Wigan

Railways should be run as an affordable service for all people, not just for shareholders and to provide luxury for expense account holders.

Michael Friend, Dartmouth

Why privatise a national asset in the first place? – Greed.

Pat Tracey, Fleet

The people have spoken.

Kevin Freeman, Glasgow

Nationalise the railways.

Linda Long, London

An excellent and necessary campaign. The government should be responsible for the railways.

John Roe, York

Little chance for something that was not on the agenda of any of the main parties, but more important now than ever.

Colin Matthews, London

East Coast is an example that a railway run by the state can be efficient. End the stupid franchise idea so we can get better long-term investment that benefits users.

Phillip Jameson, Leeds

Thatcher’s scum children will one day be shown by the people of this country that we come before their all-engrossing profits, which only benefit them and not us.

Paul Hill, Colchester