As a student living away from home I gave up on the train due to its general shockingly bad service for distances longer than a few hours. For trains the only way is up.

Charlotte Godley, Sheffield

Southern Rail are hopeless, useless and a total disgrace. They charge the highest fares in Europe yet providing the most awful and unreliable service.

Ruth Sanchez, Brighton

Win votes by doing something for the people.

Lynn Lansbury, Sandown

I joined British Rail in 1983 and am still in the industry today. I can’t believe we pay people to run a service so that they can make a profit.

Dario Giudici, Stevenage

It should be a service, not a cash cow for shareholders.

Patricia Crow, Jarrow

When private train companies fail, they allow public train companies (like East Coast) to step in. What evidence is there that private train companies are best?

Erica Wimbush, Dunbar

Why should private rail operators who make huge profits and rip us off with high fares receive much higher subsidies than British Rail did? It’s daylight robbery.

Sue Caro, London

End this national disgrace of this decimated transport system and put it back in public ownership and people that give a damn about it.

Patric Monney, Birmingham

I’m amazed we need to tell people about this.

Paul Thornton, Huddersfield

It has priced normal earners out of the commuters’ market

Aisling Leyden, Kettering

It is absurd that a public service is in the hands of those whose sole interest is their own profit.

Maria Dolores Moreno Manzano, London

I would like to see it back like so many others.

Linda Barham, Harwich

They should never have been privatised. It’s been a disaster from the first. It’s about time service, maintenance and customers were put first.

Karen Donnelly, Bradford

The rail system is a national asset, and far too important to be in private hands.

Camilla Boon, Chalford

Out with the privateers. Transport is a public service.

Ivan Beavis, London

Privatisation does not work.

Sharon Jenner, Telford

Profit for public services, not shareholders.

Chris Gramger, Kendal

Bring it back.

Jordan Cuff, Corsham

Private enterprise has been a disaster for the railways.

Chris Lemin, London

Bringing back British Rail from the privatised mess it is now and preserving the NHS are the two crucial duties of our generation.

Oliver Drew, Bath

High time, too.

Sue Flint, Bristol

Back to public rail.

Bona Mohammed, Southampton

Fares keep rising, there are fewer trains and the ones that do turn up have shorter coaches which are not keeping up with the demand of more passengers.

Steven Evans

The rail network should be government-owned, to resume order and assurance of safe, easy and improved travel infrastructure.

Vivek Katyara, Birmingham

The railway needs to operates as a unified mass transit system with adequate trains, staff and reasonable fares. I’m fed up with being ripped off by fat cats.

Mark Matthews, Northampton

The great experiment should now end. Privatisation has not worked. Talent has been lost as train operating companies now work in ‘silos’.

William Shearer, London

Please nationalise our railways as the industry is in tatters currently

Joanna Heap, Derby

We all need to spread the word and get as many people as possible to support the campaign!

David Faircloth

Infrastructure utilities should be publicly funded and accountable to their users, not to their shareholders.

Harald Dahle, Abingdon

The railways should never have been privatised. It’s a mess.

John Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-Tyne