Matthew Warren, BuryEnd corporate welfare. If we start with this small sector, it will snowball, then we can re-nationalise the oligarchs’ portfolios – gas, electricity etc.
Richard York, NorthamptonNationalised rail certainly wasn’t perfect, but selling the family silver is far worse, especially when some of the best lines are those publicly owned now.
Alice Pearson, Newcastle-upon-TyneFallacy of competition improving service and reducing costs thoroughly falsified by our extortionate rail system.
Ian Wallis, PeterleeWe already subsidise them so we might as well have the profit.
Lindsay Hatherley, LampeterTransport is for all, not just the rich. Give us back what is ours.
Angela Hathaway, StroudRobbed from the people by Conservatives.
Linda Jenkins, OxfordI believe that certain organisations should not be privatised at all. That means railways, and the NHS.
Jacob Tyne, TorquayBringing back British Rail will allow for a better rail network providing better rolling stock, stations and fewer failures, lower fares and less crowding.
Phyl HoadleyTaxpayers pay more in subsidies to the train companies than was paid pre-privatisation. Our tax goes to shareholders as profits and dividends.
Stephanie Baxter, TottenhamI travel up and down to Kent a lot. British Rail was better.
Sean Sharples, BasildonBring back British Rail for service not profit.
Olivia Sykes, HuddersfieldI’m honoured to sign.
Duncan Ball, StockportBring back an affordable, reliable railway system and people will use it. It’s just plain common sense.
Ellen Thomas, Belvedere, KentIt would be nice to buy a ticket without all the grief we have now. Privatisation has made travelling a misery and a headache. Bring back British Rail. It belongs to us.
Judith Klaus, LeedsEast Coast in public hands is making a profit. Don’t Let it be sold off again. The profits should go to us not a private company.
Leslie Scaife, SouthportApart from the massive debt, fares have risen out of all proportion and they are still getting funding from the public purse. Shareholders win and taxpayers lose.
Michele Hickson, St Leonard’s-on-SeaIt is ridiculous to expect public transport to operate for profit. All other countries recognise the need for public subsidy of transport.
Kye Savage, LondonBring back BR. Prices are absurd on trains at the moment. It should not cost £50 to go 50 miles.
Hilary Roberts, PenzanceCornwall is badly served by current train companies. Slow indirect trains, often no catering facilities, and expensive to get anywhere up-country.
Anthony Hammond, DealLets have some consideration for the public and not private profit.
Alison Oxley, PickeringWhy break something that was working so well?
Ronald Boyle, BangorRail, road, water, power are all national infrastructure essentials, created by the labours of generations before us and not to be squandered or pilfered by the wealthy.
Lee Maybin, HitchinThe railways should be run as a national asset not a privatised money-making machine for shareholders.
Marianne Hitchen, SheffieldPrivatised railways make no sense. Look at the fantastic French system. You can’t plan proper infrastructure improvements without looking at the overall picture.
Jim White, Newcastle-upon-TyneSafety and operation of our rail network should not be in private hands. We need an integrated rail system.
Krystal Garnett, MerseysideInvest in the rail network as part of our strategic national infrastructure.
Julian Wagstaff, EdinburghRail privatisation was madness in 1993 and remains madness in 2013. A massive public subsidy of private profit. Re-nationalisation is not just sensible, it is essential.
Nigel Ponsford, LeedsI object to the train operating companies having to pay to rent stock we paid for as taxpayers in the first place.
Toby Miller, RugbyCheaper fares, more diverse service. Rolling stock can also be shuffled for effectiveness. So yes, BBBR!