Services run approximately hourly from late morning until early evening, with later trains terminating at Whitehaven.

This represents a major upgrade on the former infrequent service of four per day each way to/from Whitehaven only that previously operated.

In the aftermath of the November 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods Flimby saw its passenger numbers soar because of the closure of road transport between the north and south of the town of Workington.

[6] In January 2014, services through the station had to be suspended for several days following flood damage to a 200yd (180m) section of track south of the station caused by strong winds and tidal surges (the railway runs very close to the seashore at this point).

[8] The station appears briefly in the video to the song Starburster by Dublin band, the Fontaines D.C.