Welcome to Derby – a view from the railway station

I love Derby. Apart from the three years I spent at Warwick University I’ve lived here all of my life.

So it really, really annoys me when this is the first impression that visitors to this great city of ours get as they walk out of the railway station. Dead plants.

They did look really good before last winter’s bad weather, but not any more.

So come on East Midlands Trains / Network Rail or whoever is responsible for the front of the station. I calculate that it wouldn’t even take a day’s revenue from the station car parks (which charge an eye-watering £12.50) to put this right.