[4][1] Freight facilities had been withdrawn on 1 December 1952 and from that date it had been operated as an unstaffed halt for passengers only.

[5] Materials were subsequently stored at Kirkby Stephen East station, and in 2015 began a new lease of life as part of the new water tower which was built at the railway's headquarters.

[6] This project also re-used stone from Mousegill Viaduct, which was in close proximity to Barras station on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway before being blown up as part of an Army training exercise in 1966.

[7] The British Railways North Eastern Region published passenger timetable for October 1950 showed that four trains called at the station in each direction on weekdays en route from Darlington to Kirkby Stephen.

In February 1955 an eastbound steam locomotive and its goods train became stuck for four days in deep snow just north of the station.