Simon Neller, LondonPublic transportation is a utility, not a for-profit business.
John Farrar, Stoke-on-TrentPeople deserve a safe, reliable rail service that is affordable.
David S., Milton KeynesIt should never have been privatised, like all other public services – Water, Gas, Electricity, which were all sold to foreigners who made a fortune off the backs of British people.
Brian Courtney, AlexandriaThere’s a billion reasons to keep it in public ownership.
Mike Eames, BrightonI pay over £6,000 per year for a very substandard service. All of this money should be invested in the railways – not on dividends or bonuses.
Keith Lloyd, NorwichI’m a former career railwayman saddened by what’s been lost in the name of profit.
Joan George, BeaconsfieldA nationalised railway is run for people. All profit should be ploughed back into improving the service.
Neil Beecham, LeedsWho ever thought privatisation was a good idea in the first place? Profits for shareholders usually mean corners cut in the service.
David Singleton, DurhamDrop HS2 plans.
Sam Pinington, BlackpoolWe need our railways brought back on track. Privatising the railway has not worked.
Anthony Brown, WincantonI have seen massive price increases and bad delays. We need a rail system that gives value for money and one of which the public can have a say on how it runs.
David Potter, StevenageThe franchised, privatised railway we have today is a disgrace. Why wasn’t British Rail subsidised to the tune that todays private railways are?
Courtney White, LondonRailways should be publicly owned!
Kevin Wells, HarlowOne unified structure will save tens of millions of pounds in layers of management we are putting up with at the moment.
Sheila Lovett, Newton AbbotLet’s bring sense back at last.
Mike Rumney, PaigntonThe railways must return to public ownership as soon as possible. Services to the south west are embarrassing. First Great Western are being offered incentives to continue. Why?
Teresa Godbert, HerefordI used to know how to buy a train ticket and now even such a simple thing as that has become impossible.
Francis Kelly, WallsendTaxpayers should not be subsidising the profit gained by the City of London.
Kate Phillips, NorwichI used to work for Anglia Railways, and it was an absolute shambles.
Anthony Frewin, St AlbansPrivatisation of the railways was ideology triumphing over common sense.
Jon Howlett, IpswichI’m signing this petition because I believe that the current service is utterly atrocious.
Garry Martin, SheffieldThe recent East Coast line experience shows it’s the only way to run the railways.
Stephen Bamber, BarnsleyI’m a regular traveller faced with excessive price rises and busier trains. It’s another botched privatisation to join the rest. They just love making the rich richer.
Graham Chadwick, LittleboroughThe sooner the better.
Pamela Billingham, LancasterThis makes very good sense.
Nigel Manners, DevonI have been ripped off with prices and poor services for over two decades. It was SO much better before being privatised.
Rikki Ferguson, LondonNaked profiteering for private owners at the expense of rail travellers is wrong.
Terry Dawe, BedworthI am with you all the way on this.
Phil Teer, BrightonRail travel is too important to people and to the economy to be left in the hands of profit-driven companies.
Padraig Curran, Bishop’s StortfordI spend a lot of time in France where the system works very well and is miles cheaper too.