The Bolton and Leigh Railway (B&LR) opened for goods traffic in 1828, followed by passenger services in 1831.
[5] The station site was not marked on contemporary maps, however the approximate site can be deduced: Improvements in locomotive design meant the inclines became redundant, to avoid the incline, and allow steam locomotives to haul trains for the entire journey, the LNWR, successor to the B&LR, built a deviation over easier gradients which required the resiting of the 1831 Daubhill station.
The station closed on 2 February 1885[5] and was replaced by a new Rumworth and Daubhill only a short distance away on the same day.
The northern end was retained to serve the Crown Brewery (later Magee, Marshall's).
[9] The southern end of the old line survived to serve Sunnyside Mills[3] and Daubhill Coal yard until the mid-1960s.