I want an end to privatised rail and return to British Rail.

Brian Wilkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

If the French and German state rail companies think it’s a good idea to run Britain’s railways then why don’t we?

Richard Wetherell, London

I wholeheartedly support this petition to re-nationalise the railways.

G Eisele, Manchester

The service currently being offered by the existing privatised train companies is way below an acceptable standard and too expensive.

Antonia Petale, London

Privatisation is theft.

H R Anderson, Falkirk

The railway should be run for the good of the UK, not shareholder dividends.

Joe Kelly, Cambridge

We need to get British Railways back. Then they will be a lot better services and a lot cheaper to run.

James Green

There is no democracy in Parliament. Our MPs should consider the voices of the people and not that of a Party Whip dictatorship.

Jack Simons, Consett

End the rip-off of both passengers and taxpayers. We pay more now than we did for BR.

James Aitken, Edinburgh

The current system is an expensive and incohesive shambles.

Patrick Clarke, London

The present system is completely unacceptable.

Chris Bhamra, Sheffield

Award winning companies stripped of their franchises & worse… the march downward to profit focused services above all other concerns is harmful on so many levels.

C L Gamble, Dundee

It is crucial for a fairer society and to make the public infrastructure work better.

Louise Tippett, Walton-on-Thames

It was never going to work.

Michael Doherty, Gloucester

As soon as shareholders and profits come in, consumers needs go out.

Anne Stockport, Peterlee

No more subsidies to fat cat franchise owners. We need a public transport system fit for public use.

Andrew Remedios, Brighton

I’m fed up with private companies trying to run this country like a private company.

Edwin Beecroft, Lyndhurst

Fuel duty for motorists frozen for the last seven years. Rail fares have risen in line with inflation. With little or no increase in wages. Bring back British Rail.

Graham Walker

It’s a disgusting state of affairs.

Jacqueline Kennett, Sidmouth

Nothing but delays and strikes on Southern. But fares still keep rising. Privatisation is not helping passengers.

Tom Faulkner, Eastbourne

The only part of the railways to make a profit is the bit in government hands. We are supporting the privatised bit and being fleeced on fares to pay fat dividends.

Marie Pettigrew, Nottingham

Privatisation is a disaster wherever it has been applied. The post-war Labour government nationalised key industries because they had been a rich man’s cash cow pre-war.

Mike Magee, Frome

The train service needs to be unified and run for the people not for private profit. I’m fed up with the varied levels of service between train companies.

Maxwell Lawrence, Redhill

It is things like the privatisation of East Coast that motivates me to get the Tory bastards out of power. They have no interest in serving the common good

Tim Spencer, London

It’s disgusting that the public have to pay to make a few people become millionaires for doing nothing.

James O’Neill, Edinburgh

We have suffered for far too long with an inadequate and exorbitantly overpriced rail service. Year on year we pay more for a service that is failing us at every corner.

Alice Lucas, Brighton

Help save the public money.

Darryl Redshaw, Brigg

Things have changed for the worse, and not for the better.

Elizabeth Smith, Whitchurch

Stop the stupid new lines that save 20 mins and rebuild the ones closed by Beeching. We need East to West connections.

Dawne Gardner, Nottingham

It is instructive to note that SNCF, DB, FS SNCB, RENFE are all socially owned and remarkably they work and are affordable. Not so the over-priced mess that is the UK.

Jurek Narozanski, Ealing