Michael Morgan, PlymouthAlthough I am only 25, I still have fond memories of rail travel being an acceptable form of transport. Fast forward to 2013 and it’s an absolute joke. Bring it back.
Yb Browne, SidcupFewer carriages, fewer seats, far more expensive. Put the cash back into the railways, not the big boys’ pockets. It’s daylight robbery and we allow it to happen.
Marrissa Nelson, ErithThe services we get are not worth the money we invest.
David Deadman, BelvedereOne railway publicly owned.
Ron Barrett, GloucesterForget HS2. Look at the unused, existing track bed infrastructure. Endless possibilities exist to reopen our original rail network, for tourism, freight, etc.
Kevin Lycett, LeedsI remember how dreadful British Rail was, run for the convenience of the staff, no customer care, and no investment, but even that is better than this awful mess.
Stuart Thomson, FalkirkThe trains are a joke these days. I regularly travel with ScotRail and it is without doubt the worst service I have travelled on.
Jimmy Ferguson, KilbirnieBring back BR please.
Martyn Lynch, HarrogateNot just rail – all utilities too.
Connor Nunn, ManchesterI’ve travelled on rail for years and I’ve seen a huge decline in the service. I can never get a seat and the fact of the price is a joke!
Daniel Collins, BrentwoodIt’s time to stop the train operating companies running the rail network into the ground.
Tracey Tofield, Whitley BayCommon sense and sensibility.
Delia Lomax, EdinburghThe nationalised East Coast service has been great. Rail is too important to give to the private sector. All revenue is needed for improvements, not for shareholders.
Carol Frazer, Haywards HeathHigh travel costs meant I had to give up a great job I love, instead of returning to work after maternity. Please tell me how the government supports working mums.
Nicholas Seivewright, DartfordI completely agree.
Robin Gell, CardiffWe don’t need the myth of competition, just one efficient unit all working together, run by rail professionals, not bean-counting city types.
Wina Yaman, Newcastle-upon-TyneThank you for initiating the movement.
Martin Lakie, WorcesterEnd fragmentation, ridiculous complexity, huge hidden subsidies and profiteering now.
Chloe Somers, BristolRailways are for passengers not ‘customers’ – bring back British Rail and re-democratise our public transport system.
Paul Ross, LetchworthPeople don’t want to see the true cost of privatisation. They have heads buried in the sand.
Eleanor Wood, Hope ValleyThe fragmenting of our rail services since privatisation has caused chaos. It wasn’t perfect before but could have been improved more efficiently as a single system.
Anthony Ellison, GreenhitheWhat an excellent campaign. Get rid of these vile profit making companies who are ruining the railways.
Alan Ducklin, EdinburghStop privatisation, get back all public utilities stolen for others’ profit.
Mary Greer, LondonAs London gets more expensive to live in, more and more of us will have to commute, but £3,000-5,000 a year is totally ludicrous.
David McDermid, Newton MearnsPrivatisation of BR was one of the most inexcusable government decisions ever. We are left with high fares and bad service. Privatisation didn’t work for BR.
David McintoshThe current rail network is now 30% less efficient than publicly controlled European peers and three times more expensive.
Vic Hall, BalderonThe East Coast Main Line is both clean and comfortable. The fares are competitive, the service is first class. If that was spread over other lines it would be marvellous.
Jason George Walker, Stoke-on-TrentNationalise all public services.
Mark Lauri, ReadingAll profits should go back into the railway not into private investors’ pockets. Railways should be subsidised and for the people not the wealthy.
David Peacock, YorkLet’s face it, privatisation was never about being better for passengers. It was about those in the private sector cashing in. It’s been a catastrophic failure.