Alissa Bobrow, LondonI travel across the country regularly and the prices are shocking.
Giles Long, St AlbansPlease let us have a train system that a modern country like ours deserves.
Mia Carr, GlasgowPrivatisation has caused all costs across the board to rise beyond affordable.
John Medley, MaidenheadThe railways should be run as a public service.
Kevin Sparrow, ChepstowI remember when it was all good – a single unified organisation that my family took a pride in. My uncle was a train driver.
Geoffrey Knipe, PeterboroughIf it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! But the UK rail system is broke and the only way to fix it is to re-nationalise it.
Lee Gibson, LincolnIt’s time this fiasco was ended and the country’s backbone run at cost to make us a world leader.
Rob Lucas, Ross-on-WyeThe time has come to undo much of the havoc wrought be the unlamented Margaret Thatcher.
Kevin Flanagan, CambridgePrivatisation is a nightmare. It’s time to re-start some public services. Don’t let this happen to the NHS.
Jason Lees, BrightonProfits for investment not personal gain.
Margaret Thomas, AshingtonCivilised society demands good public services and jobs with fair conditions of service.
Piers Baker, CanterburyI wouldn’t usually consider myself a socialist but there is no way the free market can operate in the railway system. These private rail monopolies are robber barons.
Bryan Kennedy, LondonA unified rail system that is state-owned is safer and works for the benefit of us all.
Elvina Wilson, BrentwoodI totally support this petition.
David Calvert, SkegnessPrivatisation has been a disaster from the start. It was never the Government’s to sell in the first place. We the taxpayers owned it, not the politicians.
Simon Bell, TorpointPrivatisation has failed the passengers and serves only the shareholders of the rail companies. Re-nationalised and run efficiently East Coast line shows public success.
Dennis O`Connell, BurnhamPut it back in our hands, not the shareholders’.
Richard Shaw, SheffieldIt’s horrendous at the moment in comparison with the rest of Europe. Why should we settle for this? It’s so expensive too.
David Weston, BodminPlease let it happen soon and for all those poor people to get a seat.
Aidan Shabaily, LiverpoolPrivate services do not work. Services should be government run as public services, not for private profit.
Stephen East, RyeOur rail network should never have been privatised. Our service is a joke and a disgrace.
David Lindley, LeedsThe fortunes of East Coast show that public ownership is not the enemy of efficiency and quality service. This must be true for the network as a whole.
John Myers, RedcarOnly a publicly owned railway can ensure that rail travel is a fairer, cheaper transport system owned by the people for the people.
Elmer Terry, LondonStop profits being siphoned off into private pockets. Nationalise now.
Ronald Mackay, GlasgowThey should never have been privatised.
Toby Montyn, RamsgateTrains should be run for the people, not for private profit.
Chantelle Cole, LiverpoolMajor infrastructure that people need day-to-day, such as rail and utilities, should not be left to money-grabbing companies. They’re too important.
Alexander McLean, KilmarnockPoor service, no rolling stock, later and never early.
Allan Precious, BillinghamWe need a rail system that looks after the public, not share holders as at present.