Daughter currently on train from York to King’s Cross taking 3 hrs plus due to works. £128 and just told that she may be charged more to stand in first class vestibule.

Michael Scott, York

Too much taxpayers’ money going into private hands.

Simon Alcock, Whitby

Major infrastructure components such as all of the rail network should be nationally owned and operated.

Andrew Moore, Enfield

Make rail transport an affordable alternative to road. Renationalise!

Susanna Jordan, Chipping Norton

British Rail will see a return to regular, affordable, unified travel for all. It needs to be reformed. Privatisation allows companies to exploit passengers.

Aeron Linton, London

Privatisation of strategic services is an obvious mistake.

Steven Lockwood, Derby

The Covid-19 crisis forced some degree of governmental control but still leaves the broken franchising system intact. Full re-nationalisation is long overdue.

David Little, Swavesey, Cambridge

Cheaper fares, less overcrowding, safety and more trains.

Martin Powell, Hesket-New-Market

Help, Northern Rail victim! Train staff, ticket staff, station staff, management, trains – all cr*p – renationalise the lot now!

Mark Edwards, Preston

I am more than sick of this madly priced rail system. I travel in Europe by train often and the fares are reasonable.

Jason Kalidas, London

Public services should be nationalised.

Richard Antonel, London

Privatisation is not working for passengers. I believe that nationalisation would put good service as the number one priority rather than making a profit.

Andrew Smith, Borehamwood

Privatising British Rail was one of the worst decisions made by any government resulting in the disjointed and overpriced structure we have today. Time to change back.

Paul L Ellis, Sheffield

I’m bored with paying to run Europe’s rail network with the profits from ours.

Andrew Stock, Colchester

As a pedestrian, motorist and rail user, it is high time rail users enjoyed an equal ‘playing-field’ with road users.

Stephen Ward, Carnforth

Railways are a service, not for profiting shareholders with taxpayers’ money.

Colin Gill, Cambridge

I’m being priced out by season ticket fares, and am on a three year pay freeze.

Joanne Royston, London

Terrible East Grinstead service. The frequency needs to be increased as well as the number of carriages. All over the country serious reform is needed not Victorian trains.

Emma Campbell, Sanderstead

I cannot understand why there are only circa 26,000 signatures given the massive support for this campaign.

John Jones, Brecon

The parcelling out of essential services to the private sector should have never been allowed in the first place. The shareholder has one thing and one thing only – profit.

Godfrey Nyandoro, Leeds

The current subsidies and ticket prices for a terrible system to pay shareholders must end.

Martin Elliott, Guildford

Southern Rail is a disgrace and putting profits before people which is what you get when you privatise.

Sandy Burnett, London

Bring back our rail for all.

Keoni Kailimai, London

Let’s have our National Transport System not for profit.

Graeme Dawes, Uckfield

End the national disaster of rail privatisation now, and give us back a state transport service for the people.

Paul Prescott, Leicester

Transport is a fundamental service which should never have been privatised, for travellers to be exploited for huge profits to the few.

Kathleen Downes, Aylesbury

I’m tired of seeing money wasted on pointless franchising and the commercial marooning of services off the core network, like East Anglia.

John Salisbury, Norwich

The railways should be run for the benefit of everyone, not just for a few shareholders. The huge tax-payer subsidies are going straight into their pockets. It’s a rip-off.

Steve McCarthy, St Albans

Public ownership of the railways is not just desirable but an urgent priority – Bring back British Rail.

Oliver Charleston, Lincoln

We have a rubbish railway system unworthy of a great country – which invented railways! And all thanks to grossly incompetent and dogma-driven Tory policies and practice.

Dr A R Greenway, Teddington