 A "down" loop line and second platform were opened in 1879, together with an accompanying signal box at its north eastern end.The developments also included an extension of the existing goods siding west of the station, accessed via the western throat, which was extended to the road overbridge.W.G.King's had a quarry at Triscombe, and had built their own tramway transporting stone from the quarry to a stone-crusher, and then onwards to either