Jude Davies, GranthamThere are few jobs in my home town which is only one hour from London by rail. However, few can take up jobs in London because of the exorbitant rail fares.
Aud Jones, LeicesterFar too expensive and people getting rich on the back of it. Let’s subsidise and bring down prices, not make fat cats richer.
Roland Laycock, MansfieldPeople used to be proud of the railways. Now its just a rip-off. As an ex-signalman I have seen it go downhill with vast amounts of money vanished into black holes.
Colin Nichols, London14 hours stuck on a train ruined my Christmas.
Andy Izard, RydeOne fare on one railway for all people of GB.
Colin Staplehurst, LondonYou can’t put a price on transport. Get it back and run it properly.
Malcolm Spinks, LoughtonI hate privatisation, apart from anything else, the liveries are awful.
Grace Ellen, WhitstableRe-nationalise with no compensation.
Lewis Gregory, ChelmsfordNationalise.
Ewan Leckie, CarlukeI remember British Rail and, although people did complain, the train service was good. Fares and profits made after subsidy are unacceptable.
Sylvia Gainsborough, CambridgeI often use the rail network, as I no longer drive. Passengers are still standing or sitting on the floor. It’s not good enough.
Jacqueline Kennett, SidmouthIt’s a disgusting state of affairs.
Rhiannon Hayman, HolywellI hate the way the trains run in this country. It’s cheaper to get a flight to the other side of the country than a train. What is that all about?
Alan Masson, DunbarYet another delayed journey on a network unfit for purpose because it is run for private profit.
Colin FlowerdayNationalisation is the only choice we have now, as we did when British Railways first came into being in 1948.
Charlotte Graham, HuddersfieldPlease bring it all back to reality.
Peter Fraenkel, LondonIt ought to be obvious that a well managed single entity can be more cost effective than if the same enterprise is divided into a multiplicity of separately managed parts.
Andrew Lee, SalisburyBring back public owned British Rail.
Darren Eden, LincolnIt ran like clock-work before and it could do again. All we have to do is look at what China has done. If they can do it, so can we.
Nicholas Mills, SwanseaAs a young person living quite a distance from larger cities such as Bristol or Birmingham, I can’t really go with the prices being so high.
David White, GlasgowI’m so tired of expensive fares and terrible co-ordination between competing rail operators. Infrastructure should support the wider economy, not exploit it.
Chirag Batavia, LondonRail travel should be affordable for ordinary people. No more over-inflation price hikes.
Tallon Avery, ColchesterKeep this petition going. Privatisation has ruined the railways because then the profits go to shareholders not back into the system.
Desmond Barlow, Barrow-in-FurnessIt’s mainly people who use the railway systems and they should be built around them and their needs.
Michele Walker, WoodstockA unified public sector rail network, properly subsidised, should be a much more organised, and profitable venture.
Derek Ramsay, SunderlandIt should be under public ownership as privatisation does not work.
Delma Stimpson, WakefieldWhen 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.
Andrew Flatley, DudleyThey should never have been privatised.
Allan Hedley, CumbriaBritish Rail was running a great system in its last few years 1994-96, but those idiotic politicians decided that privatisation was a great idea!
Neil Merrett, NottinghamPut people’s rail service back with the people.