Further ‘ladder’ cross-overs were installed in 1973 to make possible a move from the "slow" to the "fast" lines (and vice versa) on the North Midland at each end of the junction.
lines, was installed controlled from a new power-operated signal box set just to the north of the scissors crossing.
However the Yorkshire and Humber Route Utilisation Strategy mentions the quadrupling of this section of line as a possible necessity for Control Period 5, i.e. 2014 at the very earliest.
Although the coal mines (Aldwarke and Roundwood collieries were adjacent to the junction) have closed, the last in 1964, the Parkgate Iron and Steel Company invested heavily in the mid-1960s in the development of a new site alongside the GC with rail access.
However, the former blast furnace and open hearth steel melting plant to the rear of Parkgate and Rawmarsh station are gone, replaced by large retail parks.