Dorothy Robinson, IrchesterThere must be a strict control over the cost of fares for rail travel. It is fast becoming unaffordable to ordinary working class people.
Jane Atkinson, WakefieldPrivatising our national assets has to stop. They are bringing the country and all that was good about it to a standstill. Stop the policies of exploitation.
Melbourne Chadwick, SheffieldRailways are for the people, not the Tory millionaire shareholders.
Martin Cooper, LondonBring back a real rail service instead of the disgraceful, inept, chaotic, money-grabbing, rip-off amalgam of companies who value only short-term profit.
John Wakefield, StoneFor all our sakes – and the environment – let’s have our national rail service back.
Geoffrey Wootten, IpswichIt should all be about the service, not the shareholders.
Ray Clarke, WrexhamLets plough the profits back into a decent rail system instead of making the filthy rich even richer.
Reece Caldwell, FulhamThere is no competition here. I can’t choose a different train service. Privatisation is pointless within a monopoly. The service provided by Southern is terrible.
Alice Ellis-Bray, PenzanceIncredible campaign and petition! This brings me such hope. Thank you! Our earth needs affordable public transport for all!
Stephen Bamber, BarnsleyI’m a regular traveller faced with excessive price rises and busier trains. It’s another botched privatisation to join the rest. They just love making the rich richer.
Christian NoIn our country we are in the middle of a similar fight against the private rail operators.
Anne Marie Carty, MachynllethYou can’t run basic services and utilities at a profit. This is not the action of a developed country.
Margaret Tibble, LondonThe privatisation of British Rail has proved to be a huge mistake. Can we please learn from this one and re-nationalise it.
Iain Melville, YelvertonBritish Rail should never have been privatised.
Fernando Hernandez, LondonRe-nationalise now.
Hilary Warr, Holmes ChapelI have thought for years that BR should never have been privatised. See Private Eye for our messed-up railways.
Michael Kemp, WoolpitBring back BR. Fares are a joke. Why can’t they stop putting up fares every January?
Josephine Keers, BeaworthyI actually live in Halwill Junction. Previously I lived down the road at Bude. It used to be so easy to get to Exeter and beyond when there was a railway back in the 60s.
Shirley Clough, BlackpoolBring back British Rail to save our railways.
J T, HoveIf any of the main parties had the balls to sow up re-election this is all they’d have to do.
Graham Sessions, CullomptonMore local stations and lines in West Country and East Anglia run by a nationally-owned business as a service and not for profit.
Kay Rowham, EasingtonWe need to upgrade King’s Cross to Scotland via Durham and Newcastle, instead of wasting money on HS2. Also bring back freight lines to take passengers during rail works.
David Marriott, ExeterI always thought privatisation was stupid. Time has confirmed that viewpoint.
Tate Matthews, ChertseyIt should be a public service not a profit-making organisation.
Peter Roberts, EdinburghThe system is that we/the state pay for the upkeep and renovation of the rail network. This generates profit, which the rail operators use to buy islands in the Caribbean.
Christopher Butler, ShipleyOur railway network must be brought back into public ownership. The profits from the railway must be invested in improving the service for all.
Tim Stevens, PeterboroughBR was a nationwide co-ordinated rail system. BR needed much less government subsidy than the current fragmented privatised system. Bring back BR.
Gavin Jones, AddlestoneWhy do I pay more for a shorter journey? Ticket from Weybridge to Kew Bridge is cheaper than the shorter journey from Addlestone. I hate the railway companies.
Alan Summerhayes, BristolStop wasting money on a poor service. Bring back BR now.
Robina Baine, BrightonRe-nationalise without compensation.