At the time, the station had been closed for weekends and evenings, and the publication of British Rail's new timetable for 1984–1985 revealed that it would lose all its direct off-peak services to the south-east.
På dette tidspunkt havde stationen været lukket i weekender og aftner, og udgivelsen af British Rails nye køreplan for 1984-1985 viste at den ville miste alle sine direkte forbindelse udenfor myldretiden mod sydøst.