The station was opened on 1 February 1866 by the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway (ST&AJ).

[1] On 15 August 1867, the ST&AJ was merged into the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) joint railway.

The station was located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Cheadle at the point where the Manchester Road passes over the line on a bridge.

[4] The October 1942 timetable showed the effect of wartime reductions, with three daily weekday passenger trains to Liverpool and one terminating at Glazebrook.

The line through the station was reduced to single track in 1984; it remains open for goods trains.