Put it right. Like everything else, capitalism has gone so so wrong.

Vincent Morris

Re-nationalise British Rail!

Angus Brown, Edinburgh

Everyone: let your friends and family know about this petition. Privatisation of the railway has made our country worse and now we have to fix it.

Charles Coughlan, Leighton Buzzard

Privatisation rejected by Margaret Thatcher. But John Major pushed it through – with the most ridiculous structure anyone could have devised.

Mike Evans, Leominster

The proof is in East Coast Trains.

Keith Foulds, Sheffield

Get rid of privatisation and bring back British Rail like the good old days.

Lewis Selby, Swindon

Public transport needs to be affordable and it’s not. Let’s stop paying private shareholders and bring British Rail back.

Cora Luscombe, Taunton

One of the worst government decisions ever made.

Gordon Daunt-Jones, Rochester

It should never have been privatised. We are allowing the rail companies to rip us off in return for poor services.

Fred Potter, Dundee

We currently subsidise the rail network more heavily than we did when we owned it yet they still make a profit. That’s our money and it should be re-invested.

Glyn Morgan, Liverpool

I wholeheartedly believe this is one of the best things to do for this country, removing barriers to travel, increase ability to earn and pay more taxes.

Amanda Barr, Malpas

Services by the people for the people. Over £2 for a cup of tea on some of our trains.

A Tan

Yes to public ownership of British Rail. We have sold off too many of our utilities that should be owned by the taxpayers. Water, Gas, Electricity are all owned by foreigners.

Barbara Cowle, Wirral

Bring back British Rail.

Ben Evans, Leamington Spa

People before profit.

Keith Rogers, Birmingham

The most expensive rail network in Europe by far. Enough is enough. It’s time to take it back off the ‘fat cats’.

Andrew Morrison, Sheffield

It’s another thing that should never have been sold in the first place.

Adrienne Grimes, Leeds

Our fragmented rail system does not work. Bring back a National Transport System.

Christine Ogilvie, Bexley

Running essential services for profit is immoral.

Marijn Van der Meulen, Noordwijk

I am embarrassed by the shambolic services, the prices astronomical and will not encourage car users to leave the road.

Angela Gardner, Manchester

Please bring it back as service sucks on a daily basis.

Nick Chincotta, Eastbourne

I fully agree with the concept of an integrated public service. British Rail – HST, East and West Coast Electrification, so many successes.

Mike Powell, Seascale

We need a reliable, safe rail system for so many different reasons. This fragmentation makes no sense at all.

Jane Thurnell-Read, Penzance

The gas and electric and water companies too.

Dennis Lyons, Rayleigh

Since my birth in 1977, I have been in and out of the UK several times a year. Train journeys are far too expensive and the entire system over complicated.

Anna-Katharina Straumann, Zurich

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

Re-nationalise the railway system as soon as possible.

Karl Eaton, Lichfield

I wish British Rail will be revived by 2023.

Solange Freitas, Rio De Janeiro

I want a rail service that I can afford to use please.

Simon Canfer, Swindon