The Station Today
Not many parts of the station survive. The northern platform has almost disappeared completely and the southern platform is used by Network Rail, although no buildings remain and the buildings used by Network Rail are only small portable cabins. New buildings have been built around the site. The most noticeable is the bail depot on the site of the northern platform. The nearby public house, the Prince of Wales, was burnt down in 1999 and the site has been levelled.
Freight trains now use a passing loop on the site of the station to wait for High Speed Trains to overtake them.
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