The station was situated at a level crossing on the road to Hoby.

The station opened in 1847 on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, but until 1849 it only had a service on Melton market days.

[1] The station masters house was one of the smallest and cheapest on the line between Syston and Melton Mowbray.

It was little more than a gatehouse[2] and this may have contributed to the relatively fast turn-over of station masters.

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