Your pictures: Railway stations

A group of MPs has criticised many of Britain's railway stations. BBC News website reader Carl Court sent in a selection of pictures of dilapidated railway stations.

As part of a photographic project, he documented the disrepair and neglect some stations are facing, such as Battersea Park station in London.

He also noted the "disregard with which they are treated by the public, the people that work in them and the companies that own them." This is a security sign at Charlton station.

This picture from Catford shows how many stations don't have waiting rooms, are covered in graffiti and have litter piling up under platforms.

The Department for Transport says £87m is invested in the network every week. The end of the line at Sheerness station simply needs someone to clean litter up.

But the Public Accounts Committee said there was a "stark contrast" between modern trains and the "deplorable state" of the stations they serve. This is Herne Bay station.

The committee says far too many small and medium-sized stations were "threatening places, with poorly-lit, graffiti-covered passages and platforms". This is Ramsgate station.

The committee also found more than half of Britain's stations were not fully accessible to parents with young children or the disabled. This is Iver station in Buckinghamshire.

Network Rail said £400m had been invested in its 17 major stations over the past five years. Erith station looks like it needs some investment.

Commuters don't have the best view off the edge of the platform at London Bridge station where litter collects.

If you have any pictures or mobile phone footage highlighting the state of your railway station you can send them to [e-mail] or to [phone].

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