Janine Hancock, SedgleyBring back British Rail and all of the benefits it had.
Lee Warner, YorkPassengers before profit.
Tracy Nelson, DartfordThe trains at the moment are an absolute joke – expensive and always late. Privatisation was supposed to improve train services, but this was a lie. Bring back BR now.
James Martin, WickfordA long-suffering Abellio Greater Anglia customer.
Steve Fairfax, NewcastleThe East Coast mainline is demonstrating how it can be done.
Tim Jokl, ManchesterOur railway network is a national embarrassment.
Patricia Stevens, NewcastleLet’s have a rail service and not a privatised joke that fills the pockets of a few fat cats.
Roy Pittman, WestminsterPrivatisation has failed, re-nationalise the railways now.
Paul Doherty, LeedsPrivate companies have had long enough to get things right. They receive subsidies for below-par service and vast profits. They should put money back into the rail industry.
Derek Haggar, LewesFor crying out loud, someone sort this country’s rail network out. We’re way behind Europe. It’s embarrassing.
Allan Cook, WaterbeachThe UK has the highest cost for rail travel in the world. Train companies are running monopolies and not providing a good service.
Catherine Parfitt-EvansI’m completely disgusted with all aspects of the rail service in the UK since its privatisation. Extortionate fares, constantly late trains, penalisation of customers.
Robert Parker, SandhurstBring back British Rail and get rid of this rail madness we now suffer from – crap service and high fares.
Dawn Price, NottinghamBritish Rail should be owned by the people.
Oliver Bailey, BagshotEnough is enough.
June Diamanti, Tyne and WearI cannot believe other countries can deliver a good rail service and we cannot, but we readily tolerate appalling service as a matter of course in the UK.
Robert Tudor, RedditchThe train operators are disgusting. We never had this problem under British Railways. You can’t keep running the railway as it stands today.
Christopher Old, Hemel HempsteadWe’re putting billions into the pockets of fat cat executives and foreign companies in exchange for the most expensive rail system in Europe. Things need to change.
Joe Seager, SuttonStrip the unions. Just let them work and if they don’t like it then they obviously need a career change.
Daniel Stapley, FolkestoneThey should never have been split up in the first place. A national, essential service that has gone to the wall.
Matt Wynne, LeedsWe are nothing but cows being milked dry. The British railway network is now nothing more than a private business with quarterly targets to meet at the expense of commuter.
Lawrence Wright, LondonBritish Rail was privatised when it was making a profit.
Chris Harmer, NailsworthTrains should be for public service not private profit. Our early train to London is £140 and a later train is £35. Pensioners cannot afford this opportunism.
Levente Varga, HoveThere is absolutely no reason why a one stop journey should cost over £5, especially when some countries offer entire countrywide rail passes for £4. Insane.
Stuart Moore, TruroPrivatisation has proved more expensive than BR.
Margaret Hines, SheffieldBring back British Rail then fewer cars on the roads.
Oliver Smith, Wold NewtonIt will benefit everyone and leave our economy better off.
Sergio Girardini, LondonPeople not profit.
Nicola Mortimer-Stokes, CheltenhamRailways and all essential services need to be run as public services which are much, much more trusted than big business. We have bad banks, and profiteering water companies too.
Hazel Marcks, CambridgeThe sad facts speak for themselves. I’m hoping that by signing this petition common sense will prevail.