original: For a period, platforms at both the old and new stations operated, before the original station finally closed and was demolished.
simplifications: Platforms at both the old and new stations operated until the original station finally closed. The platforms at both the old and new stations worked for some time. But the original station was finally closed and got destroyed. The previous station still operated for a bit. It was eventually shut down and destroyed. For some time, platforms at both the old and new stations operated. Eventually, the original station closed and was torn down. For a time, platforms at both the old and new stations ran. Then the original station finally closed and was taken down. Before the old station was closed and demolished it was in use alongside the new station. For a while, the platforms at old and new stations were active. The old station eventually closed and was torn down. The original station was eventually demolished, but for a period platforms at both the old and new stations operated. The old and new stations operated for some time, then the original station was closed and demolished. For a while, the new and old stations operated before the old one finally closed and was torn down.