We asked you to send in your poems about trains and railways after revealing that First Great Western, Britain’s worst-performing train company, has hired a poet to soothe the tempers of its frustrated customers. Read the submissions below.

Thane Zander sent in two poems about New Zealand trains, the first, Mountain Rail is about the South Island Transcenic cross country rail car and the second, The Northerner, September 1975, about the now defunct Northerner Overnight Express from Auckland to Wellington.

Lament for the Midnight Train by Maryann Corbett

Thursday This Week (Sevenling) by Yoly

Passing Dorval station by Pearl Pirie

India by Train by Hari Kumar, in Singapore

Train Graffiti by Nancy Williams Lazar

Jim Corner of Arizona, USA, sent his poem Cucamonga Express

Leaving On Steam by Beverleigh Gail Annegarn

Travels by Charlene Dewbre

Listen by Jude Goodwin

After Five Years by Linda Benninghoff

Nick Lanyon sent in a poem, Love on a Train, which he said came to mind on April 21, 2003, on what is known as Mr Henderson's Railway, between San Roque and Ronda

Crazy Lady by Alison Merricks, of Gretton, Northants

Follow the Train by Dan Troxell

David Barral sent his poem, The Commuter, which he wrote in 1998 while living in Cheltenham and commuting into London. He wrote: "They say that poetry can sometimes come from your deepest darkest moments and I can testify that to be true. This poem, which my wife always thinks should have been published, has sat in my drawer for almost 10 years but your article and the idea of First Great Western employing a poet to patronisingly soothe passengers felt like it's time had come."

The Time Between by Jan Jones

India, 1942 by Christopher T. George

Incident At Oxford Station 2004 by Veronica Davies

Chris Mooney-Singh's poem from Singapore about Sydney Australia, called Lost On the City Circuit.

The Disused Line by Mike Todd.

Annie Bien's poem, Interborough Transit, about a morning commute in the NYC subway system.

Callan Davies submitted two poems, Platform 9 ¾ and Victoria.

Mike Shail sent in his poem Taurus (SDR), which he wrote in 1997 as part of a review celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, an impoverished subsidiary of the Bristol and Exeter Railway. Taurus was the broad gauge locomotive which pulled the first train from Totnes to Ashburton in 1872.

Richard Shepherd, a long suffering commuter with First Great Western, sent in two songs/poems.

B. S. Lister wrote The Train to Gospel Oak on Good Friday this year when about three trains, operated by Silverlink, were cancelled in a row.

Janet McCann, a published poet from Texas, sent two poems, Illustration in a German children's book (After Friedrich Boer, “On the Platform,” 1933) and Trip.

A commuter looks out the window by John Bull.

Train by Halvard Johnson.

Linda Dobbs sent in her poem, Essential Small Comforts, first published in Out of the Blue (Inklemaker), The Horton Writing Group (2006).

Your attention please by Brian Cushing.

David Garrett sent a poem he wrote in 1966 while at Methodist College Belfast near the district of Adelade, which is a surburban station on the Belfast Dublin railway line.

Poets and trains by Chris Willis.

Great Western Railway by Ray Dent.

Arts & Entertainment by Alex Stolis.

Tom Allen, of London, sent this little poem and a link to his online petition.

Heather Grange, of Plymouth, submitted her poem called The 12.40 from Paddington.

Commuter Angst by Judith Towler.

Train of thought. Ode to TOCS sent in by Brian Hutchinson.

Tunnel vision by Angela France.

Train poem by Beth Vierra.

The Train by Gary Blankenship.

Railway Poet Saviour by J Andrew Johnstone.

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