The station is 19+1⁄4 miles (31 km) west of Hull on the Selby Line.

The station was opened 1 July 1840 by the Hull and Selby Railway.

Train running information can be obtained from timetable posters or a public telephone on platform 2.

Step-free access is available to both platforms via the automatic barrier level crossing at the western end.

This article on a railway station in Yorkshire and the Humber is a stub.