[1] It was situated on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Scarborough to Hull and was opened on 20 October 1847 by the York and North Midland Railway.

[2] The station was located immediately north of the gated level crossing that spanned the road from Marton, and had a G. T. Andrews designed building.

[6] The distance between the station and coast was also seen as detrimental to the burgeoning tourist trade and in the 1890s, a branch was proposed by the residents, something which the North Eastern Railway considered, but refused to undertake.

[10] Wagons loaded with fish were allowed to be attached to Hull-bound trains via gravity whilst the Hull service was waiting in the southbound platform.

Double track was restored in 1923, though three years after the station closed (1973), British Rail singled the section between Bridlington and Filey.