Shaun Reid, South ShieldsA publicly owned East Coast Line shows how a rail service can make money for the nation and not for the few.
Oliver Jarrett, LondonI’m fed up with prices, service and awful names and symbols.
Jenny Dimond, WarePublic services should remain as public not private enterprise. Put people before profit.
Fiona Flynn, LondonI’ve seen little improvement with privatisation. Please bring back a nationally-funded rail service.
John Pulman, LondonInfrastructure should be publicly-owned and run.
Tom Constable, CaithnessWe’re passengers, not customers and we need one good service, not a wasteful bunch of businesses.
Greg Davis, CleveleysI was an employee of British Rail before the Beeching era, and afterwards. Goods traffic was the profit then and we never saw passenger train delays either.
David Ward, LondonEnough is enough.
Kaissa TaitIt is cheaper to rent a car for a week than buy tickets from Birmingham to Brighton. We should be encouraging people to use green transport not pricing them out.
Stephen Lauder, WatfordThe private train operating companies should be nationalised when their contracts are up for renewal, then aim for similar standards as in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Conal DunnThere’s a fat chance of this happening under the current regime, and with UKIP popular too.
Colin Keatley, PlymouthBring back British Rail.
James Butler, NottinghamATOC’s greatest achievement is their complete disregard for the passengers. Hatred doesn’t even cover it.
Paul Selway, ManchesterI’ve never understood the argument that a private company can provide more at lower cost than a state-run service whilst still paying a dividend to shareholders.
Paul Quadros, NottinghamNo HS2 though, please.
Rory Douglas, KendalI want to be able to take pride in our rail network.
Chris Jack, EdinburghNo other country in Europe employs the crazy system which we currently have in the UK, with public money supporting private companies whose profits go to shareholders.
Helen Ryan, Marsden, HuddersfieldAs a regular rail user (from before privatisation to today) I could not be more delighted to support this petition.
Michael Clarke, PlymouthEast Coast has performed efficiently and profitably since being temporarily back with us. It’s time for a full re-nationalisation.
Arnold Zermansky, LeedsPrivatising railways was a politically inspired experiment with a clear negative outcome. Britain’s railways are over-expensive, under-co-ordinated and inefficient.
Steve Farrow, SouthamptonEnd the current farce of increasing fares just to line the pockets of the fat cats.
Garry Pease, FinzeanJust let’s have it back. The trains were great.
Sylvia Aldworth, NottinghamWe need a nationalised railway, not to support shareholders.
James Malcolm, DundeeCorporations in no way have the people’s best interests at heart. The only way that can be achieved is by giving it back to the people.
Nigella Kennedy, LondonYes, we would sincerely like British Rail to be brought back to the British public.
Matthew Callingham, RetfordWe need to stop being fleeced.
Junait Chakman, LondonEnough is enough.
Joe Loughrell, LondonEnough is enough, I don’t care about fancy stations with shops and restaurants. I just want to go to work and get home with the minimum fuss.
Nicholas Lyle, Woking / PortsmouthAffordable, local rail services for everyone!
Frances Brown, CambridgeRe-nationalise the railways. One railway equals safety and reasonable prices, and therefore means that ordinary people can afford to use the trains.