Neil Sheehan, MerseysideI’m a former rail commuter but I still want to see the return to a nationalised rail industry.
Mahmoud Cassim, TranentBring Back BR.
James Hayward, BillericayAll I can say is that I am sick and tired of having to pay £8 a time to travel return to Southend on a dingy train, while my fares go to the Dutch national rail service.
Dhilllon Bainsford, ManchesterOur train service is non-existent. Delays, cancellations, strikes.
Ken Lee, TruroThe nation that gave railways to the World, has given away its railways.
Carol Frazer, Haywards HeathHigh travel costs meant I had to give up a great job I love, instead of returning to work after maternity. Please tell me how the government supports working mums.
Rowan Braithwaite, CartertonAnd while you’re at it, repeal the legislation, rescind those contracts and reverse the privatisation of the NHS!!!!
Tallon Avery, ColchesterKeep this petition going. Privatisation has ruined the railways because then the profits go to shareholders not back into the system.
Tereena Costard, SloughI’ve been using East Coast trains for the last year and a half. I would hate to see this change.
Robert Cockcroft, Ashford, KentThe privatised railways are vastly expensive money-pumps from the public purse.
Michal Benzinski, StroudA disastrous policy implemented for reasons of dogma. Our country needs a proper transport system, not a way of enriching private investors at our expense.
John Picken, LondonIt should never have been privatised. It’s another failed experiment in Tory ideology which has just ripped off UK citizens and further rewarded the already much too rich.
John Croll, RoystonRe-nationalise as soon as possible and stop this expensive chaotic idiocy.
Maureen Parnell, EdinburghPublic ownership is far more efficient for an essential service.
Adam Powell, LeatherheadRenationalise now.
Steven Mitchell, ChesterIt’s time to end this ridiculous gravy train funded by the taxpayer.
Eileen Smith, RushdenYes please.
Margaret Littlejohn, NewarkI have been disgusted with the poor running of trains in the UK with the exceptions of Virgin Trains, which the coalition want to change, and East Coast Line, which is public.
Michael Mccarthy, LondonPrivatisation has failed and is a rip-off, just as many of us said when this misbegotten scheme to enrich investors was hatched.
Matthew Nation, BirminghamTrains should be simple and affordable. They are currently complicated and unfairly priced.
Jon MitchellThe same goes for the NHS – that shouldn’t be run for profit either.
Natasha Richards, SalfordIt just makes sense to do this.
Sam Page, MarlboroughWe are campaigning to restore the railway line to Marlborough.
Jane McGrath, BradfordAnother national asset sold off for the profit of the fat cats who support the Tory party.
Richard Speight, BarnsleyWe need to get the railways back under public ownership, along with the utility companies.
JamesThe fares are going up for one reason. Greed. Why? To suit the shareholders.
Alastair Fulcher, WallsendThe current cartel is not a free market and will never deliver a fit-for-purpose solution for the 21st century. Bring back BR, but not the sandwiches.
Ben Huggins, ExeterIt needs doing now. Re-nationalise the lot.
Walter Simms, FalkirkIt is a disaster that East Coast has fallen back into the private sector again (Virgin no less) having made a profit in government hands. Privatisation does not work.
Ffran JonesAnd we are going nowhere ’til the trains are nationalised!