The station was opened on 1 April 1878 as Greenfield, and was later renamed Burnbank.

[1][2] The station closed on 1 January 1917,[2] but re-opened again on 2 June 1919[2] along with others on the line (with the exception of Peacock Cross).

The LNER was nationalized under the Transport Act 1947 and became part of British Railways who also continued to serve the line until 1952.

Just north of the station there was a spur to Burnbank goods depot.

The remains of the trackbed and presumably the platforms were still visible in the 1980s, at which time the land was landscaped and houses built upon.