Merry Cross, ReadingTake it back from companies by asset stripping – just as they would!
Cuchulainn Gent, EdinburghEdinburgh’s railway has completely disappeared and what has followed is the creation of the UK’s most congested city. Bring back the rail.
Oliver Bowen, AbergavennyThe current system just does not work.
Dan Edwards, LondonThe privatisation of public services was and is the most short-sighted planning possible. Bring them back and put the profits back into society, not private pockets.
Tony Lansdowne, BristolCan anyone name a single example of when privatisation has been of considerable benefit to the general public?
Ian Semple, PeterboroughWith privatisation the national interest takes second place to profits and strategic planning is ineffectual. Bring back BR.
John Sealey, BristolReturn British Rail to the people.
Steven Benson, YorkPut customer service before profit and stop this ideological nonsense.
M Shone, PenzanceBring back British Rail.
Alexis Rodney, CaterhamEnough is enough.
Leslie Blake, AberdeenThe Tory government still tries to perpetuate the theory that nationalised railways never made a profit. Check out East Coast – in profit since re-nationalisation.
Nick Shields, Hebden BridgeJust another of a myriad reasons to revolt.
Ken Taylor, SalisburyThe business structure is simply too complex and expensive.
Linda Ibbetson, WakefieldWe’ve had enough of everything privatised, but especially our railways. Bring back British Rail and stop lining the fat cats’ pockets.
Merlyn Cooper, AberystwythOne rail, one service, one monopoly. That’s not how capitalism optimises a service. Utilities are not for private ownership.
Andrew Brown, IpswichTwo franchises run by the government have both worked better than private franchises. Wake up and smell the roses please.
James Wilkinson, DublinMy grandfather worked for British Rail as a train drive and my best childhood memories were on the railways in the north of England. Now they’re in a terrible state.
Benjamin Sirota, WhitstableThe profits will then go to the country so just do it.
Nik Walker, PrestonThe railways should never ever have been privatised in the first place. Such a costly, arrogant political gesture has no place in a modern society.
Alan Clare, BostonBring it back to the people.
Tim Perry, LondonSNCF, DB, SNCB, rail in Denmark, the Netherlands etc. All work very well, are bang up-to-date, and are cheaper, with plenty of investment and modernisation. Why not BR?
Richard Williams, FishguardIt’s a shame this campaign cannot build momentum on the parliamentary petitions website. That would force the Government to debate this topic in Parliament.
Jason Goodman, Canvey IslandI’ve signed this due to finding out it costs more for a 28 minute journey from Ashford to Stratford than it does for a trip from Paris to Berlin. How can we justify this?
Perryn Biggs, OswestryPrivatisation has not worked.
David Lancaster, YorkRail privatisation has been a disaster and the success of the East Coast mainline service in public ownership shows what can be achieved in the public interest.
Michael Benis, HoveSense and responsibility, not politics.
Vincent Cunliffe, SheffieldPrivatisation hasn’t worked – it’s time to re-nationalise the railways in the public interest.
Desmond Forde, FarehamI worked for BR and we paid little subsidy compared to the billions we pay now. Fares are scandalous. The poor taxpayer pays the cost of high fares and huge subsidies.
Stuart Antrobus, BedfordLet’s have our public services back in public control.
Joel A Forster Jones, BournemouthThe railways are an essential service for all, not a source of private profit.