Peter Collins, Stanley, Co. DurhamI was born in the same year as British Rail (1948) and I want it back.
Pauline Pallavicini, BirminghamAt least it would be accountable to the voter/user. London Midland is a service for anyone but the paying passenger.
Daniel Sargent, Newcastle-upon-TyneRailways must be nationalised. They should never have been privatised. It’s a service not a business.
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.
Malcolm Smith, LondonIt’s outrageous the price I have to pay a month just to get to work. Every year it gets more and more expensive and the service gets worse.
Martin Dawson, EdinburghBring back British Rail to give the customers a better deal.
Nick Weeden, ManchesterBring back a nationalised rail system rather than the broken current system run by profiteers.
John Winn, UpminsterA fragmented rail service is not the best for passengers, with different pricing for the same and similar journeys.
Alexandra Quinn, GlasgowBritish Rail should never have been privatised. It was only done for private profit for shareholders.
Kadam Hussain, LeedsEast Coast mainline is profitable. Apply this template to the other companies and re-nationalise. Nothing wrong with a profitable state-owned system.
Mary Blundell, GranthamBeeching began the demise of the railways.
Nigel Miller, WallingtonActually, the railways secretly remained nationalised, in the sense that the government pays for them. But they makes us think they’re private, because they don’t run them anymore.
Dominic Gook, BasingstokeBring it back.
Freya Pearson, BristolWe can’t carry on like this.
Jasmine Mohammed, Walton-on-ThamesOverpriced rail travel is unfair and unnecessary. There is little to no improvement to facilities to warrant these price hikes. Re-nationalise the rail system now.
Matthew Wright, SouthamptonI’m tried and fed up of having to pay money to stand up and get crushed against a door or seat. The British Rail Network is on the bring of collapse, we need our rail back
Sian Thornton, PeterboroughFare price rises and bad service. Clearly it needs to be nationalised.
Christopher Butler, ShipleyOur railway network must be brought back into public ownership. The profits from the railway must be invested in improving the service for all.
Nicholas Brierley, LondonFirst stop: prevent re-privatisation of East Coast Mainline.
Aaron M, East SussexThe kind of mass expansion, electrification and renovation needed to bring the UK’s railways into the 21st century cannot be accomplished with franchises.
John Armstrong, CarlisleYou the taxpayer are paying for it so that the fat cats can get their free cream. You might as well own it too.
John Jones, BreconI cannot understand why there are only circa 26,000 signatures given the massive support for this campaign.
Margaretha Galt, CambridgeWe pay six times as much as Europe. We need a nationalised railway now.
Brian Bailey, ManchesterPlease stop the private bus companies receiving tax-payers’ money to run all forms of public transport to pay their bosses’ wages and shareholders’ dividends.
Elizabeth Lindsay, MatlockBefore nationalisation (and I was there) people complained about the trains. The same complaints are happening still – fares are beyond reach, and profits exist.
Harry Willoughby, WellsBritish trains are deplorable for their service and prices. We need to compete with our European peers.
Christopher R Wintle, BirminghamAffordable travel for all.
Jennifer Taylor, LeedsIt makes sense so that profits can be used to support the NHS and Education, rather than go to already wealthy shareholders.
Heather Carr, FalkirkThey should never have been privatised.
Sam Hilson, LlanelliAwful service which is often late, combined with insufficient capacity due to the lack of carriages put on by the operator.