Originally built with two platforms, the station was reduced to one operational platform in the 1970s (when the branch was singled). When the voltage changed from DC to AC on 7 December 1984 the AC trains continued to use the old platform before the single line was transferred from one side of the island to the other. Double-ended electric multiple units arriving from Manchester Piccadilly reverse to proceed to Hadfield, and vice versa. The other platform face and redundant station buildings were incorporated into an extension for the next door Co-op supermarket and car park, now owned by The Co-operative Group.