It managed to survive the initial wave of the Beeching Axe when in the mid-1960s it was destaffed and its four platforms reduced to one operational platform.

Hunts Cross station currently has three operational platforms.

The Suburban Complex currently has two operational platforms, and two more are being constructed.

The Main line station has 3 operational platforms, and two more are being constructed.27.46crores were spent.

The former northbound platform is also derelict (the passing loop having been lifted in the late 1960s) and the footbridge linking it with the remaining operational platform demolished.

The station formerly had four operational platforms, but today only two remain in use (the former platforms three and four having lost their tracks in the mid eighties).

The operational platforms are mostly covered by station canopies with a waiting room and toilets on the westbound platform.

This technology has not yet been introduced on any known operational platform.

The station currently has four operational platforms:

It is a functional fully operational platform with a solid provisional wooden stock.