Drop HS2 plans.

David Singleton, Durham

The railways should be owned by the public, charging low price rail fares, owned by us, for the people, by the people.

Andrew Cremin, Merthyr Tydfil

These railway networks must belong to the Nation to serve our people without damaging the countryside but modernised for the future.

Linda Padgett, Halifax

The system is confusing and fragmented and expensive. Let us have a rail system that the UK can be proud of.

Ruth Chamberlain, Thirsk

To travel by rail is too expensive. Some corporation is getting richer off the backs of people who need to travel by rail. It has got to stop and the railways given back.

Mary Andrews, Portsmouth

We have sold everything off. Let’s try and get something back.

Bob Atwell, Killingworth

If the railways are a loss-making industry, why are there big payouts to shareholders? Where does that money come from?

Frank Belsey, Enfield

It works for East Coast, don’t you know? The only network to actually pay back and now they want to re-privatise it.

Veronica Piekosz, Northallerton

I totally support this petition.

Elvina Wilson, Brentwood

As a former rail worker I don’t believe privatisation works. Railways should be a service not a business

Robert Mills, Newbury

The government privatised the profit and nationalised the debt.

Robert Sellers, London

Just bring it back.

Frances McGinlay, Largs

Public transport should be a National Service, to serve the needs of the people. Privatisation has failed the people.

Peter Long, Bristol

Re-nationalise our train service.

June Carcsry-Stuart, Edinburgh

Give us our railways back.

Jean Meek, Nottingham

Rail travel should be unified, convenient, affordable, synchronized and fares standardised.

Graham Sessions, Cullompton

I first visited UK in 1974 when British Rail were still operating. Any similarities between service and comfort then and now are non-existent.

Glen Postle, Toowoomba, Australia

When something is so successful we should be happy and support those who have worked so hard to continue doing so for everyone’s benefit, not only shareholders.

Delma Stimpson, Wakefield

There is no advantage for the public for the service to remain as profitable and as almost uselessly negligent as it actually is. Paying high for substandard everything.

Eliot Humphreys, Wrexham

25 years ago you didn’t feel like you’d arrived in a developing country when you used the UK rail system after having travelled by train in France or Germany.

Simon Wood, Bath

Good luck with your campaign!

Darren

It’s time for change. Re-nationalisation is the only way.

Jonathan Edwards, Stroud

I’m sick of this investing in better trains, when every time I return from abroad, Southern say “the train from Y to X is delayed.”

James Jackson, Brighton

Southern Railway demonstrates exactly why we should bring back British Rail.

Nigel Street, Emsworth

Buy back all that the Tories have privatised and, in no time at all, you will see costs and pricing come down considerably.

Malcolm Martyn, Shrewsbury

End the railway rip-off, joke fare increases and disgracefully inept service of the franchises. We want a service like DB in Germany.

Alexander Culley, London

Like all privatisation, the railways are now in a complete mess. More public subsidies than BR ever saw and the service is diabolical.

Owain Glyndwr, Haverfordwest

Rail is a necessary service not a profit machine for capitalists.

Martin Le Fevre, Belford

Monopolies are illegal in every other form of business – but on the trains that’s fine, let them charge us through the nose for pitiful services that don’t get better.

Adam Tong, Kidderminster

Railways and infrastructure are privately owned and, as a taxpayer, I’m still paying for it. I’d rather own it with the rest of the people.

Grace Whyte, Glasgow