The name was also changed that day in an attempt to attract more passengers, who preferred to use the nearby South Croydon, which had a higher frequency of service.

From 1934 and for many years thereafter, a trailing crossover and a private siding from the up line served a roofing company south of the junction, which received its raw materials by rail.

The station closed to general freight on 7 October 1968,[3] but the oil tanks remained in use until 1993, accessed from the remnant of the Woodside line to the footbridge, just north of the site of Spencer Road Halt.

The station buildings were demolished in the 1960s, leaving a short section of canopy over the subways, and a small wooden hut was erected from where tickets were issued, although latterly this was seldom staffed.

The heavily overgrown track to the former goods yard and oil storage facility can be seen from Dornton Road footbridge.