Improvements
Recently, the station has been refurbished a new lift installed. The station should shortly receive both a deep clean and internal rezoning as part of network-wide improvements.
As of May 2010, Platform 1 and 2 are being lengthened by Balfour Beatty to take 12 car trains scheduled to start running from December 2011.
During January 2011, Southern installed a number of ticket gates on the Main Concourse as well as the exit and indoor area located in between platforms two and three. Gateline staff operate at the station whenever services are in operation.
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