Juliet Cusimano, HalifaxCome back.
Hugh Gurney, GlasgowHand out subsidies (from our taxes) to hand them to investors? It makes no sense.
Kelvin Cantlon, ChorleywoodTory dogma over common sense. They sold the railway to friends and now they are renting it back to us at extortionate rates. That privatisation is choice is such a con.
Jake Sque, New Miltona good thing to bring back and it makes sense.
Brian Edge, HolsworthyNationalised industries provide service while privatised industries only want profits at any cost.
Bryn Thomas, TruroNormal rail is quite honestly awful. Bringing back British Rail would be great, so yeah, signing this.
John Rhodes, Crewe.Keep up the good work. I’m afraid with the posh boys in power who are only interested in lining the pockets of their mates in the City who bankroll them. Eton rules.
Michael Timoney, WatfordTo maintain/build a world class transport solution, while protecting the livelihoods of future families (reasonable ticket prices/employment) we require one public body.
Martin Davison, ChesterfieldPrivatisation only benefits the shareholders. Passengers pay higher fares and the public pay more tax to subsidise the train companies’ profits. It’s a form of taxation.
Brian Spurling, HarlowIf it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it. An old saying but true in this case.
Hannah Bloom, LeedsThe publicly owned East Coast railway is making money for the country. Let them all do that.
Simon Herbert, LeicesterWhat’s the point of a train service no one outside London can afford?
Simon Godfrey, KilwinningOur railways should be run for the benefit of the people who use them, not for the select few who own them.
Pamela Morris, LeedsI frequently travel by rail and East Coast is by far the best and most comfortable rail service and has made a profit. It is far better than the private rail.
Colin FlowerdayI will be glad when the British Railways board is running all our railways again and Cameron gets six lace holes up his arse!
Edward Shaw, HuddersfieldWhy are the German, French and Dutch state railways allowed to run our railways, yet our own Direct Rail (BR) state railway cannot. It’s crazy.
Kyle Moriarty, HampshireThe prices are ridiculous in the south. Just because I pass through London doesn’t mean I should pay an arm and a leg.
Jessie James, BristolRail travel should be a public service, not a commodity for a handful of people to make economic gain at the expense of the majority.
Iain Webster, NottinghamNo matter what your political beliefs, it makes common sense to make our railway system work properly for us. Bring back transport for the public at a reasonable price.
Peter Crane, NorthamptonA national rail transport network should be owned by the people and not run for private profit.
Hannah Jones, BristolIt is currently cheaper for me to drive or even fly than it is for me to catch the train.
Michael Friend, DartmouthRailways should be run as an affordable service for all people, not just for shareholders and to provide luxury for expense account holders.
Rob Sworn, ReigateThe current UK system is a rip-off. The French system works. I have used it and I know.
Christopher Payne, BromboroughI’m a daily commuter suffering daily hell.
Arthur Leewis, AlnwickPublic transport should be owned and managed by the public, not by companies that only are in it for profit.
Suresh Kumar Retnasingham, BirminghamWe need our railways nationalised.
Stephen Holland, NottinghamThere can be no coherent public transport or environmental policies without a nationalised railway system.
Alan Graham, WolverhamptonBR was the most cost-efficient system in Europe. Imagine what it could achieve with the money these companies receive.
Nick Fairhall, MaidstoneIt just makes sense.
Bill Moir, DurhamEnd these ridiculous disparities – its Victorian.