Plans for westward expansion came to nothing and led to the railway petering out in a shallow cutting to the west of the station.

The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

A typical William Clarke stone building served the single platform.

The station also had a signal box and engine shed, and although neither of these operated for long, the ruins of the engine shed remained until closure.

The station makes short appearances in the Powell and Pressburger film The Small Back Room.