excursion traffic two new platforms were added in 1883, now known as platforms 1 and 2. Separate waiting rooms and more facilities were provided. The station clock, built by Potts of Leeds and costing £110 () , was added in about 1884. During the 1890s and until 1903 goods traffic was moved from the station yard to Gallows Close so that more platforms could be provided. The original goods shed, which was next to the station building, became platforms 6 to 9. Trains for the Forge Valley line often used these four platforms. Platform 1A was formed out of platform 1 for easier access to the Whitby line and opened for the beginning of the summer timetable in 1934. Until 1965 the station also served a line from Whitby and until 1950 from Pickering. The station was previously named Scarborough Central to distinguish it from the now closed on the York to Scarborough Line. In the late 1960s most of the roof that covered platforms 1 and 2 was demolished, leaving these platforms outdoors, though the platforms still remain in use today By the early 1980s regular use of platforms 6-9 had declined and following a simplification of the track layout in 1985 they were taken out of use and demolished. The land they had occupied is now used for car and coach parking, though the overall roofs and brick walls remain. The current to service used to continue to Scarborough alongside other TransPennine Express services. This was operated by Arriva Trains Northern until Northern Rail took over the franchise in 2004. This service was usually worked by West Yorkshire Metro liveried Class 158s and occasionally a . There was also a local service from York to Scarborough, usually worked by a Class 144 or a . Station Masters T. Mennell 1847 - 1866 John Bearup 1870 - 1882 William Taylor 1882 - 1890 George Brown 1890 - 1912 Albert Horsley 1912 - 1921 Frederick Dowson 1922 - 1943 Harold Baines 1944 - 1946 (formerly station master at Basford and Bulwell, afterwards station master at Hull Paragon) J.G. Handley 1946 - 1947 (formerly station master at Bridlington, afterwards station master at Sunderland) Ernest Brooks 1948 - ???? (formerly station master at Manors and Jesmond) W.A.A. Scott 1954 - 1957 A. Maleham 1957 - 1959 J.F. Layton 1959 - ???? G.E. Hunter ca. 1963 Facilities Scarborough station has a Travel Centre,