Public transport should belong to the public, not to money-grabbing shareholders.

Diana Reddaway, Welwyn Garden City

The rail service in this country has only got worse and more expensive since being privatised. Run it for the people not the fat cats.

Lucy Gaster, London

Most people simply don’t understand the cost implications of privatisation and the whole fiscal case for re-nationalisation. The campaign MUST explain all this clearly!

Sean Ryan, Manchester

Enough is enough.

John Benson, Huddersfield

Tell the price-hiking profiteers to get on their bikes.

Julie Armstrong, Gateshead

This should be affordable for everyone and not just the rich.

Aaron Fry, Plymouth

Our publicly-owned rail system was raped by the Tories and sold off to their buddies who’ve just made a total screw-up of the whole affair.

Ian McKinnon, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Bring back British Rail.

Honor Melissa Hieatt, Colchester

I agree we need a fully integrated, publicly-owned rail network.

Timothy Baldwin

Any profits should be ploughed back into the business – not shared out amongst already fat fat-cats,

Andy Meikle, Bexleyheath

I support the idea of re-nationalising the railway system.

Sonia Santana, Bishop’s Stortford

I totally support the campaign.

Robert Flynn, Douglas

Not a panacea, but widely supported and surely better than the current mess.

Richard Marchese Robinson, Liverpool

Another example of the rape of this country by Westminster.

Reynold Hutchinson, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Since privatisation the costs of paperwork have increased dramatically with so many organisations to deal with to enable anything to get done.

Frank Nicholas Adam

I heard about this from Josie Long’s cartoon in the 09/05/2015 Guardian Guide. Go re-nationalisation.

Tom Mawby, London

As a young person who never experienced British Rail, I see it as a really positive thing for the country and would love to see it’s reestablishment.

Aaron o’Sullivan, Glenarm

British Rail was one of the strongest emblems of national identity Britain had. If our country isn’t over by Sept 19, Milliband, bring BR back.

Alice Cochrane, Brora

We have an amazing railway infrastructure that is just not being used to its full potential. British Rail serving Britain once more.

Steve Watling, Todmorden

Re-nationalise the railways, energy and water companies now. Put it in your election policy, Labour, and you will win the election by a mile.

Mike Nagle, Wilmslow

The rail system should be run for the benefit of the majority not the financial well-being of the few. We demand change now.

Martyn Jowett, Tarporley

As franchises end, give to a reformed British Rail as was done with the N E line only to be undone by the Coalition.

Tony Mayer, Swindon

One of the easy options for reducing CO2 emissions, would be to encourage people to use trains, not do the complete opposite.

Andy Vaughan

It never made sense having dozens of different rail companies for a system where all the rails are joined together.

Paul Garrod, Portsmouth

Abellio Greater Anglia are the worst company. I hope this really proves people are fed up and changes need to happen.

Amy Williams, South Woodham Ferrers

We need the best days of our rails back. Privatisation has caused such a decline of our railway system, it’s time to nationalise them again.

Evan Wyatt, Oxford

Stop bleeding money to overseas rail companies and use profits to make fares cheaper and the service better.

Sergio Seelochan, Nottingham

Public transport is a public service and should be run as such, not for profit.

Eileen Dale, York

The train operating companies are not working for the benefit of the customers and fares just keep going up. Privatisation, like the utility companies, is one gigantic rip-off.

James Quinn, London

Southern Rail are useless and expensive.

Alex Rolfe-Sanders, London