Stuart Tomlin, RugbyPrivatisation has never made anything cheaper or more efficient despite spurious claims to the contrary at its inception, witness the debacle in energy, water etc.
John Wilson, SheffieldThe railways could be run more cheaply and more efficiently if they were returned to public ownership.
Naomi Bowen, BanburyAll my formative years from age 11 to age 18 were spent travelling smoothly to school daily via British Rail so naturally I’m in favour of this petition.
Carolyn Day, NottinghamIt’s time to get goods transported by rail again and help free up the congestion on the roads.
Anthony Webster, Newcastle-upon-TyneNorthern Rail – what a rip off.
Lee Lovelock-JemmottBring back public utilities.
Dave Forecast, EdinburghEast Coast is the best. They have decent fairs, a great awards system and good service. Why privatise again? Oh, and they make a profit by the way.
Andy Steen, NottinghamNottingham station closed for six weeks, so they cancel services to Beeston and Long Eaton as well.
N P Bradley, DevonBritish Rail was cheaper.
John Russell, NorwichPrivatising the railways was like everything else the Conservatives privatised. A complete disaster.
Aidan Semmens, WoodbridgeThe British rail system must now be the shoddiest in Europe, and the most expensive. Of course it’s largely in national ownership – it’s just not our nation that owns it.
Jonathan Martin, LancasterThere are some services the market can’t effectively provide and a rail network is one. It’s a costly experiment gone wrong and it’s time to wake up to common sense.
Leslie Scaife, SouthportApart from the massive debt, fares have risen out of all proportion and they are still getting funding from the public purse. Shareholders win and taxpayers lose.
Malcolm Paskins, FarehamThe railways should be run for the benefit of passengers, not shareholders. Only re-nationalisation will give priority to passengers.
Evereld Carroll Trevor, Richmond, North YorkshirePlease bring back British Rail. Then perhaps one could get a seat, in a clean train that arrives safely on time.
Robin Stephenson, Doncasterbring back British rail, and hopefully cheaper rail fares
Matt Hoban, ThirskRailway travel should be a public service/right but it would seem our native rail travel is completely profit-driven, which is criminal.
David Britten, FarnhamHow can the rail companies claim to be private when they can’t function without taxpayer subsidies?
Philip Davies, Southend-on-SeaPublic transport should be there to provide a service not profits for big shareholders.
Colin Keatley, PlymouthBring back British Rail.
Peter Evans, Merthyr TydfilRail was nationalised originally because of private company failure. Now we have a triumph of dogma over reality.
Hector, CheshireI hope people understand that the only reason for continued existence of the privatised railway, is to make a small number of men extremely wealthy.
James Bates, Isle of SkyePeople before profit.
Reece Churm, LeedsBring back British Rail and create a (North-South) Leeds metro line. Also no to HS2.
Vivien Doyle, BuxtonI have never had a car, and always relied on public transport. It has got more and more expensive and inconvenient.
Lindsay Gutteridge, ChesterfieldPrivatisation has not improved efficiency, cost, or performance. It has in fact made all these things worse and made life unnecessarily complicated
David SterrattIt wouldn’t cost anything to take franchises back into national ownership when they end, saving the government at least £2 billion in subsidies.
Stephen Millership, StockportIt’s great that we finally have a forum to help put an end to this crazy state of affairs that is rail privatisation.
Augustin Belza, Great GonerbyPrivatisation of rail services has failed. We have a disjointed expensive system. The East Coast line proves that as a publicly run service the rail system can work.
Neil Bainbridge, YorkI remember when it was one railway and we worked together, not fighting each other, who takes delays and who pays.