Ian Ward, BridlingtonIt’s time to take back control from fat cat shareholders and introduce cheaper travel.
Shane Pym, BroadwindsorWe should all support this campaign for affordable, not for profit transport for the masses.
Alison Broadley, BedworthI would like to travel long distances and know connecting trains will be waiting for me.
Marie Phillips, RotherhamIf it was in public ownership it would still need a lot of work to make it a decent service. It was not perfect.
Matthew Dunn, EdinburghI hate ScotRail.
Ashley Colman, LeedsAs in everything else, decent ordinary people are getting ripped off with fares and nothing has improved whatsoever.
Megan Walsh, Greater ManchesterBring back British Rail.
Lorraine Rycroft, ChesterThe rail network is a disgrace to this country. We have travelled by rail in Europe where prices are affordable and regulated. In the UK pricing is a minefield.
Mehdi Mir, SheffieldThe government subsidises rail, passengers pay unbelievable fairs and private firms take huge profits.
Jon Brown, MorecambeBetter for Britain. Nationalise all utilities.
Steven Thomas, HolyheadThey never should have been sold off any way.
Jonathan Elliott, WhitstableThe public are filling the pockets of rich shareholders and the CEOs of the private companies involved plus paying three times the amount BR got in funding from the public.
Nick Ingram, NewhavenOur railways are a national disgrace. Put them back in the hands of British Rail and make the government responsible for running it.
Sheila Amies-Byron, PaigntonWe need to have British Rail returned to public ownership as soon as possible.
Malcolm Pender, GlasgowPrivatisation has been an expensive disaster for the taxpayer.
Matthew McKenna, GloucesterI’m definitely in favour of British Rail returning. Private companies like Virgin are expensive. We want cheaper rail. We don’t deserve to be ripped off.
Elwyn Johnson, BridgwaterMy wife recently endured an horrific journey from Manchester to Taunton standing for three hours in a space approx. 12 square inches in the stair-well of the train.
James Aitken, EdinburghEnd the rip-off of both passengers and taxpayers. We pay more now than we did for BR.
David McintoshWe are all calling for the return of a state-owned rail network.
Roy Hearne, ShenfieldPublic Transport should be a fundamental right of passage, not a luxury. I would use the train more, and my car less, if I wasn’t going to be ripped-off.
Gareth Bryant, Newport, GwentSurely you can give up a few Trident submarines so that the people can have a reliable train service.
Veronica Sims, BedfordIt seems to me vital that the government understands that the railways are not there for the profit of a few but to keep the UK moving.
Matt Faber, PewseyIf we are to drag the UK out of recession and get people back to work and get cars off the road this is how we do it.
John Hindhaugh, GatesheadIt is so financially obvious (which is very important to this government) that further comment really is not needed. Wake up Labour Party. We all hacked off on this one.
Keith McKay, LondonRailways should be a national asset, not for shareholders.
Ollie Foord, BracknellI miss the blue and white era.
Emma Yexley, HertfordWe are forced to travel in conditions that are illegal for cattle transportation.
Ted Bains, South ShieldsThe current system is expensive, confused and dangerously inefficient. It is high time to return it to imperfect but superior public ownership.
Matthew Mountain, LondonWe privatise to make money for the private sector. Why? We are not the private sector, we are Britain and we should run our services for us, not for private companies.
John Pruvedenti, SomersetBring back British Rail.