The line from Torquay was finally doubled in 1910, when the platforms were extended to accommodate longer trains.

A few years later, the double track was extended to Goodrington and new carriage sidings opened behind the southbound platform.

In 1937, plans to move the station onto a new site south near the goods shed, which would have allowed five platforms to be constructed, failed to materialise due to World War II.

In 1956, further carriage sidings were opened at Goodrington, which were used mainly to handle the heavy traffic on summer Saturdays.

At the opposite end is the quieter Paignton South (colloquially Sands Road) crossing, which is used when trains are running on to the carriage sidings or when the heritage line to Kingswear is in operation; consequently, the two lines over this crossing are operated as single tracks with trains running in either direction on both.

The Dartmouth Steam Railway has its own independent platform and entrance on the south side of the station.

Their locomotives are coaled in the shunting neck adjacent to the approach road but the shed is at the far end of the station.

In 1990 this function was transferred to a panel in the station buildings and the signal box closed.