Opened by the London Midland and Scottish Railway to serve local housing estates built after World War 1.
[1][2] The station was located on the west side of the railway at Westbourne Avenue with a connecting footbridge between the two parts of the road.
[3] The station structure was a simple wooden building.
[5] The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, only to be closed by the British Transport Commission six years later.
[6] The station is believed to have been used for Rugby League specials[7] and holiday traffic[8] after closure.