Next to the station was a manure siding, Fresh offered his own land for the purpose, where night-soil from Liverpool was brought for the use of local farmers who found it very beneficial in fertilising our light, sandy soils, so enabling the development of asparagus cultivation here in the mid-nineteenth century.

[3][6][10][11] By 1904 a small goods yard had opened to the north of Victoria Road, on the coastal side of the line.

[14] In 1978 the station became part of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line (operated by British Rail until privatised in 1995).

There is a payphone, shelters, booking office and live departure and arrival screens, for passenger information.

[16] Trains operate every 15 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Saturday to Southport to the north, and to Hunts Cross via Liverpool Central to the south.