In March 1985, the section of the Hope Valley Line through the station was converted to single-track, with trains in both directions stopping at the one remaining platform.

The single-track section through the station has become a significant bottleneck, as noted in Network Rail's Yorkshire and Humber Route Utilisation Strategy of 2009.

[4] The strategy included proposals to address the problem by re-doubling the track and building a second platform (subject to funding being obtained).

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive has also been lobbying for this problem to be addressed (as noted in its 2006 Rail Strategy document[5]).

Network Rail's Hope Valley Capacity Scheme includes plans to restore the second platform at Dore & Totley.

Plans include a new bridge with passenger lifts and a shelter on the single sided island platform for Manchester bound trains.

[14] At the Eckington Petty Session on 25 November 1878, stationmaster Francis Wood was charged with embezzling money belonging to the Midland Railway company amounting to 1s.

[17] The station has an hourly Northern Trains stopping service in each direction on the Hope Valley line between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly, augmented by a number of peak-hour stops (designed primarily for Manchester bound commuters) by faster trains on the South Trans-Pennine and Liverpool–Norwich routes.

[18] During the rest of the day those hourly TransPennine Express services and East Midlands Railway non-stopping trains pass through.