Christopher Hope, HartfordThe cost of rail travel is prohibitive. Train travel should always be cheaper than the equivalent car journey. Trains should run for the country, not for profit.
Richard Walker, Newcastle-upon-TyneSince privatisation the prices of rail fares have increased well beyond inflation with no justification.
David Williamson, BicesterNational infrastructure should not be privately owned.
David Reilly, FarnhamAnd steam too.
John Butler, New MaldenPrivate good – Public bad. It’s Orwellian.
Richard Barton, SouthamptonIt just needs to be done.
Michael Boty, WhitstableProfit should not be the driver. Passenger safety and satisfaction should be.
Gary Whittaker, WakefieldEnd the subsidies going into private pockets. Subsidise the nation.
Joanne Hutchinson, ChichesterThey should never have been privatised in the first place!
Sue Brooks, HarlowI’m fed up with trains being late, dirty seats, and the price of tickets. I travel from Harlow to Great Yarmouth and it’s gone from under £40 to nearly £57. That’s disgusting.
Alan Bowers, LiverpoolTrains for people not for profit.
Oliver Heathcote, IpswichBritish Rail may have had its problems but nothing like the expensive muddle bequeathed to us by the Major government.
Chris Gill, LondonI’m not a customer, I’m a passenger.
Edna Woodhead, SheffieldTake British Rail back into public ownership.
Kate Tomes, Maidstone.To centralise and make it less about profit is the only way.
Danny Gazzi, LondonIt would cost nothing to re-nationalise franchises when they expire. And most people want our railways back in our hands.
Kerry Cooper, EdinburghPlease reinstate the British Railways for the people and save them from privatisation.
Delia Lomax, EdinburghThe nationalised East Coast service has been great. Rail is too important to give to the private sector. All revenue is needed for improvements, not for shareholders.
Zoie Field, WatfordI’m signing this petition as I’m in total disgust over the service we are provided by London Midland.
Maurice Spurway, ExeterWe need to bring back our assets into public ownership, starting with our Railway.
Zack Kahn, LondonPrivatisation was and still is a publicly funded rip-off, to defraud the public of money, the very taxes we all pay. Shame on you Con-Dems!
Glynn Huggins, SevenoaksNow is the time to move forward and build on the past investments to create a real rail network, not a patchwork of unconnected ‘for profit’ companies.
David Grey, North ShieldsIt is madness that the profits from Britain’s vital infrastructure (and utilities) go to foreign owners when they should be re-invested in Britain and its workforce.
Chuck Elliot, SheffieldPrivatised railways make no sense. Competition is impossible within rail services. Nationalisation is the only sensible policy.
Rod Stapley, Newcastle-upon-TyneThe public sector is the only credible and efficient owner of East Coast mainline since privatisation was forced on the system.
Josh Cluderay, LondonHow about being able to travel across the country for less than it costs to fly to another country entirely?
Michael Harries, PinnerEliminate the waste of all these different entities.
Brian Jones, BradfordA commonsense idea that really does need to be put into practice.
Paul Smith, SheffieldBring back British Rail and get rid of this joke of a railway we now have.
Nancy Sands, LondonI’m fed up with shareholders getting our hard-earned money, whilst we subsidise the train companies anyway.