Drop the greedy train companies.

John Powell, London

Let’s Bring back British Rail and bring down fares.

Dominic Bridge, Manchester

The people will it.

Jim Harkson, Lincolnshire

I fully support this petition.

Kevin Rouse, Luton

We had something good going. Re-nationalise now.

Duncan Rose, Manchester

I have been disgusted with the poor running of trains in the UK with the exceptions of Virgin Trains, which the coalition want to change, and East Coast Line, which is public.

Margaret Littlejohn, Newark

You know it makes sense.

H Christine Allott, Exeter

After re-nationalisation, at a national affordable price (one can hope?) begin electrical / magnetic renewable infrastructure.

Chris Harris, London

We need to get back public ownership of BR, with company bonuses back to the users.

Andy Fiore, Wivenhoe

Please do this. My Young Person’s Card is about to run out, and the fares are going to cripple my attempts to live without a car.

Joe Boswell, Bristol

I completely agree. Tickets are over-priced and service isn’t good.

Philip Kingston, Woking

BR should never have been privatised! This was an error by stupid, greedy, ill informed tory politicians.

Dave Robinson, Colwall, Herefordshire

The rail services have deteriorated enormously since privatisation and fares just go up and up. Privatisation equals bad service, full stop.

Elaine Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

As a regular traveller to London to visit family, I have noticed the service is better under public ownership and in profit. This model should be applied to all railways.

David Nicholson, Durham

It’s a no-brainer.

Roger Howard, Manchester

Take away control from the people who have assumed too much control and give it back to the people who have earned it.

Valerie Campbell, Gosport

I want the labour Party to put this in the general election manifesto and then, when elected, do it!

Tony Jones, Reading

A great rail system was destroyed by privatisation.

Samuel Hawthorne, Ramsgate

Rail fares should be going back into the infrastructure and not to shareholders and the bosses of the multiple companies make up our railway.

Graham Henderson, Bordon

I don’t use the rail network since learning to drive but a national rail network/provider seems to make good financial sense as long as it is allowed to modernise.

William Grant, Surrey

More people would use railways if they were more affordable.

Kim Rowling, Newton Aycliffe

Re-nationalising the railways will ultimately help the environment.

Daniel Haynes, Halstead

Train fares are extortionate. It is ridiculous that it was cheaper for me and one friend to hire a car to go to Newcastle than to go on the train.

Jenni Dixon, Birmingham

The railways have got worse and worse and more and more expensive under privatisation. It should never have been put on the market.

Lynda Woodroffe, London

Some things are better in public hands. British rail is one of them.

Robin Carr, Birmingham

Get rid of the fragmented, inefficient and unsafe privatised railway system.

Richard Church, London

East Coast Line. That is all.

Suman Joshi, London

It will be a good day in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland when and if this happens. I am disgusted to see how much fares increase and service goes down.

Daniel Barron, Glasgow

I resent the Conservatives handing over British Rail to their fat cat friends.

Zack Kahn, London

I want the integrated functioning system we used to have, at affordable prices and employing porters, line gangs, cleaners etc. – all the jobs there used to be.

Erica Flint, Egremont