Ian Stalker, RiponAll parts of our national infrastructure, including the railways, should belong to the nation, not private companies.
Allan Jones, ElginThey should never have been privatised. The government conspired to make them look unprofitable at the time and also at the time of Beeching.
Lewis Gregory, ChelmsfordNationalise.
Maxine Jackson, LiverpoolCan’t wait to ride on a British Train once more.
Jamie Wilson, CamberleyIt’s time to put efficiency, cost effectiveness and punctuality ahead of corporations’ profits. Nationalisation isn’t socialist rubbish, it’s in the nation’s interests.
Paula Riley, BurnleyNever give up on the good things. Railways could be a good source of income for the Government.
Andrew Hardman, ChesterfieldThe breaking up of British Rail has been bad for the country, bad for communities and terrible for the travelling public. Bring back British Rail.
Peter Roberts, EdinburghProfits should be re-invested in the business and not frittered away to shareholders (whilst accepting taxpayer subsidy). Nationalise and improve the service from within.
Christopher Tyre, TroonBring back British Rail.
Chris Lewis, LondonI totally agree. We need to end the privatisation madness and bring back an affordable, reliable and accountable service to the British public.
Andrew Rosthorn, DarwenOf all the European countries that came to investigate Britain’s great railway privatisation experiment, not one country copied the British experiment.
Van Tran, NottinghamBusinesses are in it for their shareholders, not for the benefit of the people who use the trains.
Catherine Cooper, MelkshamBring the railways back into public ownership and stop putting taxpayers’ money into private pockets.
Christopher Shevlin, LeedsYour talk last night convinced me.
Howard and Susan Cheesman, CarlislePublic services best serve the public by being publicly owned and run.
Phillip Crosby, LondonHaving been a regular user of train services, I have seen no improvement and yet year on year price rises that far exceed salary rises. It’s a racket and it needs to stop
Colin McCathie, DerbyWe had the best rail network in the world. Now some of it needs restoring.
James Storey, Newcastle upon TynePlease bring job security and respect back.
Philip Watson, St IvesThe madness that was privatisation needs to be reversed as soon as possible, not just the railways but all the utilities as well, as these things should all be publicly owned.
Edmond Bourke, BasildonPublic services should not be in private hands.
Mary Pearson, BirminghamI’m president of Birmingham Trades Union Council. All public transport should be in public hands. People before profit.
Neil McCart, CheltenhamBritain badly needs a good, efficient rail system which caters for the needs of people, not subsidised companies who are interested only in profit for shareholders.
Tom Fraser, EdinburghPrivatisation has meant a worse, more expensive service, in prettier uniforms, with less pay for the workforce while a few directors pocket enormous sums.
Marylyn Edwards, TonbridgeThe railways and all public transport should be for the people, not for profits.
Elliott Clark, CrawleyPublic ownership for public services.
Jon Howlett, IpswichI’m signing this petition because I believe that the current service is utterly atrocious.
Patrick Healy, BillinghamPlease don’t privatise the whole of Britain. We have little left. Leave trains alone.
Alan Brown, HullBR wasn’t perfect but it did usually have sufficient carriages to fulfil a generally decent service. The TOCs claim rail growth is due to their efforts. It’s not.
Jonathan Watson, EdenbridgeCrap service.
David White, BicesterPrivatisation does not save money – I’ve been outsourced from a civil servant job and it is a fact that it costs more from private industry.