It was built to serve Constable Burton Hall, the village and the farms in this rural area.

The OS map of 1856 shows only a short platform and a small building with a signal post on the opposite side of the lane to the later station.

On the southern side are two fairly lengthy sidings, a loading dock and a small building set at the back of a sizeable goods yard that is accessed of the lane at the present day entry point.

[2] No signs of the passenger station survive however the loading dock survives and a railway access point leads to a yard with a small permanent way maintenance building and a passing loop is present, partly built on the site of the old goods sidings by the Wensleydale Railway in 2010 to allow two train operations on the line as required.

Network Rail will cover dismantling, transportation and rebuilding costs helped by a grant from the Railway Heritage Trust.