In 1881 platforms 4 to 6 (Platform 5 being a bay to the south) were added, being long and wide. The level crossing which gave access from platform 1 to platform 2 was removed and access provided by a new footbridge wide with staircases down to each platform. Platforms 2 and 3 were lengthened by about and new waiting rooms and refreshment rooms were provided, designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders. A subway was installed to allow better transfer of luggage between platforms with hydraulic lifts to raise and lower luggage. The turntables were removed and replaced by scissors crossovers, the whole complex controlled by a signal box on the centre platform.