The station, situated 31 miles (50 km) north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Drigg and Holmrook in Cumbria.

[1] At the south end of the station is a level crossing with manually-operated gates, controlled from the adjacent signal box.

[2] Waiting shelters and timetable posters are located on each side of the track, train running information for the station can also obtained by telephone.

[3] A short distance from the station, heavy secured sidings take special trains carrying nuclear materials from the Sellafield nuclear site (which is located close by) to the Low Level Waste Repository where the material is buried.

[4] There is an hourly service southbound to Barrow-in-Furness and northbound to Whitehaven, Workington and Carlisle for much of the day (with slightly longer gaps mid-morning and in the late afternoon).