Both platforms had steel and concrete platform extensions added at some later date.

The platform can accommodate a three car diesel train, but has room for platform extension.

The station is situated in between two curves and platform extensions are to the north on both sides.

Franklin station will also see new furnishings in addition to a platform extension.

More stations, such as Broxbourne, will also see platform extensions to accommodate 12 car trains.

The new entrance is a result of the platform extension along the same side during the 1960s.

The station has changed very little over the years except for platform extensions in 1955 and the closure of the signal box.

The platform extension would allow dispatchers to send longer trains, carrying more people, into the station.

Construction on the platform extension at University Station is expected to start in 2013.

The platform extension was crammed with chairs, most of them empty.