The station opened in 1840 on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, by a level-crossing on Whams Lane.

Many years later, the road was diverted 100 yards (100 m) north to pass under the railway by bridge.

[1] A much more serious accident occurred on 21 August 1848, when a northbound Euston to Glasgow express ploughed into the back of a local train stopped at the station.

The woman's 18-month-old child was thrown out of the carriage window but was barely injured.

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