Anthony Thorley, SittingbourneOld BR – poor management. New services – bad management plus greed – any thing for profit.
Catherine Russell, BattleThe franchise model is totally unsuitable for a modern rail network. It is less efficient and we are being priced out of travel and sometimes our jobs.
John Brice, UlverstonAnything to keep the fares down.
Federico Moscogiuri, HertfordIn recent years we have seen spiralling costs, deteriorating services and vast amounts of public money used to subsidise the rail companies. This experiment has failed.
Patrick Clarke, LondonThe current system is an expensive and incohesive shambles.
Andrew Brooke, PulboroughI would vote for any politician who I believed was sincere in promising to re-nationalise the railways.
Jenny Reeves, FavershamMake public transport a public concern once more. Tickets are not profit slips for fat cats.
Jane Dring, WakefieldStanding between Wakefield and London again because of short formation – told to just be grateful I’m on the way at all. Got to be able to do better than this.
John Yarnell, NottinghamWe need a unified rail system where one, public, not-for-profit owner manages the whole system – i.e. trains, track signalling, scheduling etc.
Graham Thorburn, Milton KeynesRe-nationalise all public utilities.
Fiona Shaw, NorwichPublic transport should be for people not profit.
Nancy Smith, IpswichWhen it’s more often than not cheaper to fly or get a coach from south to north England you know there’s a problem with the railway system.
Nick Shelley, NottinghamHow absurd to break up an integrated organisation and sell it to private companies and to other state railway companies.
Rodney Sobey, Berwick-upon-TweedExisting East Coast rail organisation is a useful transition model for return to public ownership.
Derek Wood, Port TalbotI’m a RMT member and started on railway when it was BR. It was definitely better then.
John Sewell, HuntingdonFirst Capital Connect must be one of the few rail operators not to offer reduced advance fares. East Coast seems to give a better service – why? No profit motive?
Jade Montserrat, ScarboroughEllie Harrison’s staggering talk at Artquest conference this year has made me a passionate supporter of this great undertaking. Thank you.
Jerome Jerish, KendalI hate Avanti West Coast.
John Doyle, AddlestonePrivatisation is for the few to get stinking rich. The clue is in the word private.
Helena Jaeschke, BarnstapleI frequently travel on trains in the Southwest, including the Tarka line. Much needed, much used, but poorly run by FGW.
Graham Wilkinson, BeverleyI want to stop my taxes going into the pockets of the already wealthy parasites.
William Boyle, GlasgowSave the country a fortune, do it now.
Nancy Beattie, TelfordI’ve already signed a petition about this but hope this one counts as well. I hope the petition succeeds.
Graham Johnson, NottinghamThe East Coast line is the most efficient in Britain, and publicly-run rail in France and Belgium is cheaper and far more efficient than privatised rail in the UK.
Damien McGauley, LondonBring back British Rail.
Michal Benzinski, StroudA disastrous policy implemented for reasons of dogma. Our country needs a proper transport system, not a way of enriching private investors at our expense.
Nicholas Flynn, CroydonPublic monies will be required in the event of railway company failure, so it’s best to assume public ownership now.
Jocelyn Bailey, OrpingtonSoutheastern – French national railway. They inherently don’t care about UK. Our services have been cut each year, and the wrong stations get fast trains.
Tallon Avery, ColchesterKeep this petition going. Privatisation has ruined the railways because then the profits go to shareholders not back into the system.
Cary Elcome, LeicesterPut an end to soaring fares, delays, cancellations, overcrowding. Give us reliable, human transport, not cattle trucking!