Privatisation has failed miserably.

Matt Mitchell, Exminster

I’m a season pass holder pay ridiculous amount and as I don’t ride the main line service I get two carriages and never a seat.

Josh Collier, Trowbridge

Fair railway ticket prices are the path to a zero carbon country!

Bruce Asbestos, Nottingham

Re-instate simple fare structures, with one price wherever you buy. The thought of a public service run for the public should not be a revolutionary concept.

Dorothy Nelson, St Austell

Privatisation is a nightmare. It’s time to re-start some public services. Don’t let this happen to the NHS.

Kevin Flanagan, Cambridge

Fares are too high. The system needs to be run for the public.

Alex Shearman, Solihull

Things are far worse today than when we had BR.

Jim Doyle, London

Yet again proof if any was needed that privatisation does not work.

Joshua Bryant, Welwyn

Trains are ridiculously overpriced for the service that is provided. Lower prices would mean fewer people using cars and be better for the environment.

Suzy Cheal, Brighton

They should never have been sold – nor gas, electricity, post office etc.

Dennis Wood, Clacton-on-Sea

Good petition. British Rail – the good old days.

Joe Ellis, Herne Bay

If trains are re-nationalised, I believe fares will be cheaper for ordinary people and public organisations. It would be better for health, environment and personal finance.

Kim Fergus, Wirral

I don’t understand that when Network Rail do repair work, they have to compensate private train operating companies. If it was state owned, think of the saving.

William Nealon, Rugby

I want things to be back the way they used to be. A rail network for the people and not to make fat cats fatter. Above all, I want rail prices to be reasonable again.

Kulvinder Bhogal, Derby

Support MPs who campaign to take back the Great Western franchise. Support RMT and protect rail jobs such as track maintenance, booking offices and guards.

Julie Boston, Bristol

We need a reliable economic system to take freight off the roads and provide affordable travel for passengers.

Sylvia Swann, Scarborough

Our rail system should be run purely for public service as it is in a lot of other European countries.

Elaine Barraud, Godalming

Rail for public service not for private profit, please.

Mary Wolf, Croydon

The experience with Southern Rail leaves us with no other choice..

Carl Loben, Brighton

The rail service is one of Britain’s great national treasures. Please preserve it for future generations.

Marilyn J Wilson-Baker, Langar, Nottinghamshire

Make train fares affordable again and maybe more reliable. Southern Railway is an expensive disaster.

Daniele Fameli, Haywards Heath

If it stops the ridiculous cross-over between train companies and leads to a better service I am all for it.

Sally Welham, Carnoustie

About time.

Caz Mowe

Do the power companies and water also.

James Harrison, Hartlepool

I completely agree.

Mark Lowe, Llanelli

Bringing the railway network into public ownership will put some order in and focus on the industry.

Farouk Sohawon, London

I might be an American, but British Rail was truly an era of perfection for the railway network of the United Kingdom. It’s for the best to re-unify into British Rail.

Jay Avery, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

How will capital be raised and serviced and prices set? Should management consult and respect subsidiarity, socialist emulation and more? How will workers be disciplined?

George Talbot, Watford

This is needed. Our railways are just a joke now.

Benjamin Ross, Welwyn Garden City