Adam Smith, NottinghamI use the train daily to Leicester and a good portion of my wages goes on train tickets for a poorly run service.
Paul Jeffries, KentSoutheastern to go.
Sarah Dewing, EpsomPeople before profit’ says it all. Rail network is crucial for the nation on so many different levels. We can’t leave it up to companies whose only concern is the bottom line.
Graham Derry, NottinghamNationalise the railways to make it a national system to give a unified and efficient service.
Dean Meehan, LeedsWe the people can effect real change and we demand the railway we deserve as our right.
Daniel Church, CambridgeEnough.
Charles Coughlan, Leighton BuzzardEveryone: let your friends and family know about this petition. Privatisation of the railway has made our country worse and now we have to fix it.
Mike FriendIf our government is serious about the shift from road to rail then now is the opportunity.
Vera Watson, DurhamI don’t see the point of paying subsidies to private firms.
Charlotte Eaton, St AlbansPeople not profit. Yes.
Catherine Heard, BeckenhamI’ve signed this petition to object to fat cat executives making huge profits from privatisation. Where is the promised investment? Bring back affordable fares.
Diane Lindsay, OrmskirkMy son works 12 hour shifts in Manchester and Northern Rail have made this unbearable, very close to undoable.
Dean Clayton, SidmouthPrivatisation was one of the worst political actions ever. BR should have been run commercially while maintaining the high engineering standards that were the norm.
Donald Jessiman, ReigateAt last. A movement to put transport back where it belongs – with the public. Let’s bring an end to this disastrous privatisation.
Elaine Hanson, HuddersfieldWishing you huge success.
Penny Dellow, EastbourneRailways have been ruined by privatisation. Money is not being put back into the system and they are old and past it, they should be all run as one, not many.
Ian Halsall, BathI wouldn’t go back to the old British Rail, but East Coast demonstrates how a not-for-profit company can still deliver good service and value for taxpayers.
Mark Faulkner, South ElmsallGood Luck.
Mike Nash, PoyntonThe train service at my local station (Poynton) is getting worse and worse because Virgin wants to keep increasing the frequency of the Manchester-London service.
Terry Hayes, IlfracombeFirst Great Western run the oldest rolling stock in the country to Barnstaple. It’s a disgrace, and an embarrassment to the visitors of our beautiful area. It needs sorting.
Stewart Bell, Newcastle upon TyneNationalise the railway systems for everyone to benefit from train travel.
Paul Allen, BournemouthRailway transport is essential, especially for those of us who don’t drive polluting cars. Let’s have our railways back as a service to the people, not owned by money men.
Louisa Lai, AmmanfordRe-nationalise the railways. For far too long the people have to pay extortionate amounts to the shareholders.
Frans van Bussel, Boekel, NetherlandsBritish Rail must prevail.
George Holmes, SaddleworthA six mile journey on my rural Yorkshire line costs £5.80 for a single (Greenfield to Marsden) and the service is only one train per hour. BBBR!
Leslie Holder, ReadingMy late father worked for BR and Rail Track and always moaned about how bad things had got after the take over, about penny-pinching mend-and-make-do and poor management.
Alan McDonald, ClackmannanScotRail is a joke. See #failrail for details on Facebook. No seats 40% of time, 30 or more minutes delayed or just fully cancelled.
Stone Fitzgerald, RamsgateWe need a rail service that is not ridiculously more expensive than driving.
Colin FlowerdayNationalisation is the only choice we have now, as we did when British Railways first came into being in 1948.
John Davies, YorkEast coast is an example of what a good job a publicly owned rail company can do.