The station was opened on 1 September 1851[1] as the terminus of the London and North Western Railway branch from Greenfield.

The station building (complete with platform) still survives as a private residence, now much hemmed in by later development.

For a period after closure, the station yard became home to a small, privately owned collection of railway rolling stock, including two steam locomotives.

Other stock consisted of a British Railways Mark 1 bogie coach, an oil tank wagon and a goods brake van.

Both locomotives have gone on to enjoy useful lives on preserved lines, but the coach and wagons were cut up on site.