Janine Gallagher, HuddersfieldWe need to take back control of our railways, so we get cheaper rail fares and better service.
Trevor Udberg, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe UK rail network services should be the best they can be, not for private profit but for the support they can give to the UK society and economy.
Susan Turner, YorkThe present system needs to change.
Sarah Robinson, LiverpoolPublic transport should be exactly that. accessible to the public with ease and affordable..
Terry Macavoy, HalsteadBring the railways back into public ownership as it is for the public use, not for making huge profits.
Greg HumphreyAbsolutely appalling service from Greater Anglia, They need to spend money on their services instead of giving out cupcakes.
Annie Mulholland, Bradford-on-AvonBritish Rail was so much better than what we have now. Bring it back.
David Palmer, NewburyPlease re-nationalise the railways.
Susan GassawayWhat about the Post Office and Royal Mail?
Jo Lawson, NottinghamThe experience of the East Coast line says it all. More profitable, more customer-focused, less about profit.
Phillip Quarry, GloucesterFor the good of the planet, for the good for us. Transport is a necessity, and not for private profit.
Bradley Sansom, BradfordThe government has just privatised East Coast, which will inevitably end in disaster like the other failed attempts before. It was making a massive profit in public hands.
Iris Jefferies, StroudI should like to join a group striving to bring back our national train service.
Brian Watson, RotherhamBring British Rail back under public ownership, and gas and electricity too if you ask me. Power back to the people.
Jamie Anderson, SwindonPrivatised rail doesn’t work. It doesn’t allow for competition, so a private system can never work.
John Oliver, BournemouthDirectly owned East Coast railways is proving the best of our railway companies. Let’s follow that great example.
Marc Davis, LondonI’m disgusted by soaring prices and over-complex pricing structures and services. It makes doing business in the UK harder and not using your car for leisure trips difficult
Julie Hope, CheddarWhen I think of what we used to have and what we have now it is definitely regression not progression.
Stephen Ward, CarnforthAs a pedestrian, motorist and rail user, it is high time rail users enjoyed an equal ‘playing-field’ with road users.
Robert Brook, DunstableThis makes sense.
Michael Rose, AberystwythI agree fully. What we have is pointlessly expensive and complicated. Why, for example, is it cheaper to get multiple tickets for bits of a journey than buy one?
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.
Mic Porter, Whitley BayStart with the East Coast line and take the others up as the current contracts end.
Alex Kay, LondonWe need a rail service, not unethical profiteering at public expense.
Nicola Raymond, MaidenheadI want to fight the privateers.
James Thraves, HockleyIt was never a good idea to put the railways into private hands in the first place.
Sandra Brierley, ManchesterWe need to stop giving money to the private sector. They are rich enough.
Neil Cameron, SheffieldTaxpayers are subsidising rail companies and paying the highest fares in Europe when many people’s incomes are being cut year on year.
Jack Wright, GlasgowLet’s end the profiteering.
Danny Pritchard, LondonIf the government had pumped as much into British Rail as they have into all the private companies, we’d have the best bloody train system in the world.