It was built by the London and North Western Railway on its Micklehurst Line.

On 19 August 1909 a passenger train was derailed at Friezland.

[1] The station closed for passenger traffic on 1 January 1917 but regular passenger traffic continued to pass through until 1964.

[2] The village is now served by Greenfield railway station.

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