It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Bolton Great Moor Street to Leigh Station and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and later to Kenyon Junction.
[2] The original "spartan" single platform station was constructed on the East side of the single track line in the centre of Bag Lane village, opposite the Railway Inn.
[6][7] There was an adjacent goods station capable of handling "Live Stock, Horse Boxes and Prize Cattle Vans".
[8] The L&NWR became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) during the Grouping in 1923.
[11] The line closed to all traffic in January 1969 and in 1970 the road was re-laid over its original path.