Adjacent to the station was also a goods shed with a track running through as well as cattle pens and a loading dock to the south.

The station was initially a stop on the passenger service between Rainton Meadows and Oakwellgate in Gateshead but on 19 June 1844, southbound services to were diverted to Gilesgate and Ferryhill along the newly constructed Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway.

Further extensions to this route ultimately led to creation of the Leamside line.

The Beeching Report dealt severely with the County Durham area of railways, leaving only one passenger service running at 5:01 am.

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