The Cleveland Railway opened up a line eastwards from Guisborough in 1862 which reached Boosbeck in that year and made it to Brotton in 1865 and Skinningrove in 1866.

This provided a connection with the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (W&RMU) in 1875 when they built their line through Loftus.

[2] The line through Boosbeck, which was opposed vehemently by the Stockton & Darlington Railway,[3] was originally intended to be a way of moving iron ore from the various mines in the Cleveland Hills.

[7] Passenger services at the station ran from Middlesbrough to Brotton, via the line at Nunthorpe and a reversal at Guisborough.

It was served by a circular freight train from Newport Yard in Middlesbrough that ran eastwards through the station.