 Electric lighting was finally installed in the late 1940s, but apart from that little was spent on the building in British Railways days.In the 1950s the rotten wooden screen above the platform lone was patched with zinc sheeting, and by the time of closure there were gaps in the wooden screen, smoke louvers and roof lights.BR proposed closure of the line in 1963 but this was vigorously opposed by the local community and the proposal was withdrawn.