Jean Pratt, ChesterfieldWe are giving too much heritage away to private companies. Many more people are travelling by rail these days. Surely it can be run profitably with all of us benefiting.
Scott Smith, GlasgowShould be in public ownership for future generations to benefit, not shareholders.
Maryam Shakiba, LondonRailways are a public service and should be state run and not for private profit.
Cynthia Fleming, GranthamSome things in life should not be about making a profit.
Roger Drion, DurhamAll services in the country should only be owned by the British people.
Dorothy Granville, MiddlesbroughBritish taxpayers should own British Rail, not French taxpayers or private investors.
Kevin Rouse, LutonI fully support this petition.
Rajesh Mittal, DoncasterI want our railway to become a public railway, run directly by government. I fully support Bring back British Rail.
Jack Sayers Shaw, BournemouthThe railway is a public method of transport, fascination and convenience. I believe private companies should have no say in how our railways are run.
Nizar Kazan, LausanneBring Back British Rail – from Switzerland.
H R Anderson, FalkirkPrivatisation is theft.
Iain Morrison, SevenoaksOur national rail services are an expensive, disorganised shambles.
Jane Francis, ReadingSurely this can be done by compulsory purchase? Then the profits can benefit all and prices can be kept down.
Lynn Evans, Stourport-on-SevernNationalise all utilities.
Lee Fisher, MiddlesbroughIt ran better in public hands
James O’Neill, EdinburghIt’s disgusting that the public have to pay to make a few people become millionaires for doing nothing.
Michael Greenwood, BraintreeIf it improves service then I’m happy.
Richard Treloar, PortsmouthI’ve just travelled back from Germany and I am clearly envious of their equivalent of BR. If they can do it, then we can do the same.
Ken Lee, TruroThe nation that gave railways to the World, has given away its railways.
Bruce Cooper, Herne BayAny profit should be re-invested, not lining the pockets of owners.
Donna Macpherson, BathgateI fully support this petition.
Rachel White, LancasterHow about a government that works for the people, starting with sorting out our transport and healthcare systems?
Colin Crockett, YorkAs a seventy three year old, having worked for British Rail, I feel that the privatisation of the railways was a retrograde step.
Joseph Till, LondonThere would be less of a north/south divide if people could afford to visit other areas in the UK. It will benefit all communities across the nation.
Paul Rex Dando, Shepton MalletThey should be state owned, not private.
Leigh Hatts, LondonTrain tickets are too expensive and too complicated to understand.
Steve Adie, CarlisleRe-nationalise the railways and make them better. There are too many top bosses getting crazy pay and bonuses which should be used to improve the network.
Brian Thomas, Pwllheli,They always did belong to the people and funded by the people. They should be set up along the same model as Waitrose – Quality and owned by the employees.
Sue Radford, YorkWe are a not very big island in the Atlantic ocean The railways, like electricity and gas should be run by the nation for the nation. We don’t need corporate investors.
Jeff Hemmen, LondonAs a foreigner who now lives in the UK, I still cannot believe how expensive (and otherwise capitalist) trains in the UK are, and that the British people let this happen.