Myleene Klass, LondonBritish Railways ran an excellent, reliable train service. These private companies are useless. It’s typical Tory policy to mess everything up. BBBR.
Kevin Courtney, LiverpoolRail prices are high, service is low and standards are low.
Katharine Jones, SwanseaThe chaos of different companies charging different rates and all in it for profit, while being heavily subsidised. It’s crazy. Rail travel should be simple and integrated.
Steven Lissemore, CoventryA unified rail system is the best thing for this country.
John Bryan, YorkTran Pennine is overcrowded and East Coast is working well. That says it all.
Richard Ineson, WhitbyThe privatisation of BR has brought no benefits, high fares, and still the public subsidise the service to a higher level than when it was in public ownership.
Alan Miller, CarlisleYes, British Rail, bring it back. Let’s bring it on.
John Stephens, BedfordThe dis-aggregated British Rail does not work for passengers; it works for shareholders.
Olivia Sykes, HuddersfieldI’m honoured to sign.
Brian Turnbull, HawickIt should never have been privatised in the first place.
Duncan Campbell, MorpethSignaller for 25 years.
Raymond Anderson, SnodlandMore jobs, not profit.
Katherine Greenwell, HuddersfieldIt makes so much sense on every level.
Hugh Pincott, PlymouthCome back British Rail – all is forgiven.
Simon Morris, Potters BarAs a commuter I’m sick and tired of being robbed blind every January. Plough the profits back into the service, not shareholders’ pockets.
Steve Holden, BrightonWhy can’t the country own its own critical infrastructure?
Maureen James, NorthallertonThe East Coast ran very well recently and was making a profit. It didn’t need a private company to run it.
Rebecca Steventon,Just one word. Argh.
Jo Harrison, SouthamptonWe must bring back British Rail. How can it cost more to go by train to Scotland than it does to fly to anywhere in Europe?
Pat Budd, HarlowPrivatisation has made travelling by rail expensive, uncomfortable and difficult.
Frank Nicholas AdamJonathan Swift once said “the party is the madness of the many, for the gain of the few”. How true old jest is today!
Peter Crane, NorthamptonA national rail transport network should be owned by the people and not run for private profit.
Wendy Turner, NottinghamThe current rail system is a mish-mash of over-priced, under-performing cash-cow for the shareholders. Let’s return to a joined-up service.
Thomas Bowman, YorkIt’s time for the mainstream parties to disentangle this mess of a railway system and adopt the most efficient way to run the railways – unify it again.
Barnaby Wimbush, Ramsgate, KentI catch two trains for my commute, from Ramsgate to Maidstone. The fare have started to become ridiculous. My train ticket costs more than my rent.
Diane Bowe, Newcastle-upon-TynePlease re-nationalise the railways in a modern and efficient way. We are a small island and are clogging up our roads. We need subsidised rail for everyone’s benefit.
Roger Stokes, BedfordA fragmented system is not a system. The whole thing is too complex to be efficient, effective and economical.
Pamela Phelan, WallaseyPublic services such as rail, bus, health etc. should be in public ownership, run on a no-profit basis for the good of the community and not to line the fat cats’ pockets.
Gurdave Gill, SidcupThe same management consultants, McKinsey, who planned rail privatisation are doing the same to NHS.
Anthony Cuthbert, West AllingSelf-interested Tories ( John Major ) was the driver at the time.