 The international platforms were only designed to cope with six trains per hour, well below the current capacity for commuter services.The project was criticised for its delayed completion date; in 2009 the Department for Transport confirmed that Network Rail was developing High Level Output Specification options for the station, with an estimated date for the re-opening of the platforms of 2014, seven years after their closure.The cost of maintaining the disused platforms up to late 2010 was found via a Freedom of Information request to have been £4.1 million.