Gary Allen, CheshireBring back the old times.
Paul Brunt, EastbourneIt’s time to stop letting companies take money out of the railway.
Sam Hilson, LlanelliAwful service which is often late, combined with insufficient capacity due to the lack of carriages put on by the operator.
Matthew Allen, PortsmouthInflation-busting fare increases year on year with nothing to show must stop. We are lining the pockets of shareholders with no net gain to ourselves.
Winifred Murphy, NorthwichWe have paid enough In subsidies to these private companies.
Richard Bell, DerbyThe private sector is responsible for some of the biggest economic health and safety disasters, whilst extorting the British public.
Bob Atwell, KillingworthWe have sold everything off. Let’s try and get something back.
Bill Moir, DurhamEnd these ridiculous disparities – its Victorian.
Andrew VarleySince privatisation prices have rocketed and services plummeted in the North – overcrowding, old stock, not enough trains. Promises, promises and nothing ever done.
John Doughty, NottinghamTrains for people not private profit.
Paul Schroder, HarlowNo money to shareholders, re-invest in British Rail.
Lauren Murray, LondonAnd this goes for the NHS as well.
Fary Webb, BurnleyNationalisation of the Railways is long overdue.
Nick Dombkowski, WarminsterRe-nationalisation of our railway is the aim and let the people decide how it’s best run, from local to nationwide level.
John Baker, SheffieldAlso bring back staff on platforms.
Steve King, Royal Tunbridge WellsWe need to do something because soon Kent to Manchester will cost over
James Honke, IverThe current system is a farce, which costs the taxpayer millions and lets private companies skim off the top.
G Eisele, ManchesterI wholeheartedly support this petition to re-nationalise the railways.
John Whitworth, Newcastle-upon-TyneShareholders are an expensive tier of cost. It’s time to get rid of them. Look at how much the East Coast mainline has made under public ownership.
Nathan Compton, CwmbranIt’s time that essential services were provided by, and accountable to, elected government, and not private shareholders.
Leslie Holder, ReadingMy late father worked for BR and Rail Track and always moaned about how bad things had got after the take over, about penny-pinching mend-and-make-do and poor management.
Pavel Bogatinov, LondonWelcome to SW Trains – your favourite overcrowded and delayed transport from Hell.
Joseph Mason, Newcastle-upon-TyneWhy should private rail companies get so much subsidisation to increase their profits when any profits could and should be returned to the customers.
John Parr, FakenhamI rarely use rail travel because I find it chaotic and expensive. I wouldn’t mind that so much if it was good old British Railways muddling through.
Steve O’Connor, CambridgePrivatisation of essential services has proved to be costly to the public purse. Without unions in control, nationalisation would be far better.
Claire Liebig-Denham, Thornaby-on-TeesWe owned it, you sold it and we want it back.
Michael Taylor, LeicesterAnd then the bus services, and then gas and electricity.
David Petty, Saffron WaldenIt’s an open and shut case. Bring it on.
Nigel Stacey, DidcotPrivatisation does not work, just lines the pockets of shareholders and management with money that could be reinvested in the infrastructure.
Martina Lednicka, GravesendI commute every day and the service is awful. I’m delayed on a nearly daily basis but because the delays are for less than 30 minutes it means I’m not entitled to compensation.