A disabled woman claims her local train station is impossible for her and other wheelchair users to access. Barbra Whitby, 51, says she feels she loses her independence when she has to get someone to pick her up or drop her off at other stations due to the long flight of stairs at her nearest one.
The former palliative carer has been ill for three years after developing multiple sclerosis and cauda equina syndrome - an issue with her spine. She uses a wheelchair and mobility scooter but says she often cannot travel via Langley Mill station due to its flight of stairs and lack of a ramp. This is limiting her independence, Derbyshire Live reports.
Barbra has in the past had to rely a lot on her partner, Paul Williamson, 65, a trained analytical chemist, and has even had to appeal on social media for help and relied on complete strangers to help her onto the platforms.
