Trains run from Fitzwilliam to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster and Sheffield.

The current station was opened on 1 March 1982[1] as one of series of improvements to local rail services made by the West Yorkshire PTE (Passenger Transport Executive).

[2] This replaced the LNER station several hundred metres to the north, which opened as "Fitzwilliam Halt" on 1 July 1937 but fell victim to the Beeching cuts within little more than 30 years, closing on 6 November 1967.

[1][3] Unlike its modern incarnation, the original station consisted of a single island platform, accessed from the adjacent road bridge.

A customer help point is located on platform 2 and running information is also provided by means of digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automated train announcements.