Deighton

CRS Code	DHN
Collected date	20/05/10

Deighton station is on the line between Huddersfield and Leeds.

The approach to platform 2, on the south side of the station:

The ramp leads down to platform level and turns right to lead out onto the platform:

Platform 2, seen from platform 1 opposite:

Looking east along platform 2:

Looking west along the line:

At the western end of platform 2 we found something sad: bouquets of flowers and notes tied to the fence. These were in memory of Joanne (Joe) Bingley, who had taken her own life at the station as the result of severe postnatal depression. Her husband has founded the Joanne Bingley Memorial Foundation to help women and their families by raising awareness and providing information about postnatal depression.

The two sides of the station are connected by the road bridge, seen here from the eastern end of platform 2:

Looking east along the line from the bridge:

Looking west at the station's two platforms from the bridge:

On the other side of the bridge, the ramped approach to platform 1:

Platform 1, seen from platform 2:

Platform 1 is not of particularly robust construction and has had to be patched in this rather hopscotch-like fashion:

Looking west along the line from the end of platform 1:

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