Amanda Mulholland, BirminghamIt should never have been sold off. Fat cats got fatter.
Danielle Southcote, LeedsI want a public transport service that works for the benefit of the public users, not private owners.
Brian Smith, ScunthorpeJudging by today’s performance bring British Rail back now.
Jim McGinley, HoylakeRail privatisation has produced an overpriced, dysfunctional mess. The only way forward is public ownership of the whole network as the East Coast line shows.
Peter Da Roche, ManchesterPeople before profit.
Edward Childs, RadlettI would like the government to justify its claim that our privatised railways are both more efficient and more cost-effective.
Karen Donnelly, BradfordThey should never have been privatised. It’s been a disaster from the first. It’s about time service, maintenance and customers were put first.
Margaret Ashton, South ShieldsAny profit should be returned to the public purse, not shareholders’ pockets.
Robert Mills, NewburyAs a former rail worker I don’t believe privatisation works. Railways should be a service not a business
Chris Wilson, LondonRe-nationalise please.
Michael Thorne, YorkEast Coast Line made a profit this year. The government received its reward. The people want it to stay that way. Think long-term and for the people.
Lewis Cooper, LutonThe ticket prices are insanely expensive, especially when compared to other EU nations. If they can do it far cheaper then why can’t we?
Sarah Gregson, OxfordWhy are we subsidising a rail network so that private companies make a profit?
Marko Lauten, HI’d like to see the railway in public ownership again – in Germany as well as in the UK.
Louis Boyce, Kingston-upon-ThamesOnce upon a time we, the common people of the UK, did own BR. Then we gave it away to the rich kids to play with.
Peter Whalen, LeicesterBring back a better version of British Rail.
Richard Sharp, ColchesterI strongly support this campaign. Rail travel to work is becoming prohibitive by cost and is causing an exodus of talent from the city.
Charles Hemingway, BarnsleyBritish Rail should never have been stolen from us in the first place. Lousy Tories.
Matt Simpson, Cradley HeathSomething needs to be done to make travel cheaper for everyone, in a time when people are having to travel more for work.
Simon West, LondonPrivatisation clearly has not worked — our trains are more expensive and provide worse service than those in mainland Europe. We need to re-take control of them.
Rich Larkin, SunderlandInfrequent, unaffordable and useless shareholder-focused. This is the reality of rail travel in the UK 2014. British Rail was better for us the people and we want it back.
Deborah Gibbens, ShropshireThe railways should be a public service, not a means to extract cash from the public.
John McBride, ColeraineLet’s get back to something that actually works!
Jodie Morris, WatfordI can’t afford to get home from university most of the time.
Andrew McGill, RomfordSome things should never have been privatised, i.e. transport, utilities.
James O’Neill, EdinburghIt’s disgusting that the public have to pay to make a few people become millionaires for doing nothing.
Sue Cavendish, LondonAnd whilst we are about it, bring back steam.
Ann Bennett, Kings LangleyI sincerely hope this works.
Billie Reynolds, ReadingBritish Rail was a public asset which has been given to private companies to exploit to make profit. Bring it back into public ownership now.
Richard Wakeford, CambridgeI saw this in today’s “Grauniad.” Good on you, Ellie.