[2] One writer states that the name of Goldsborough was used instead of Flaxby to avoid confusion with the station of Flaxton on the York to Scarborough line.

[7][4][8] In 1922, the North Eastern Railway estimated that the local population was 374 and 4,405 ticket were sold; goods traffic handled at the station were livestock and 251 tonnes (277 tons) of barley.

[9] The goods facilities and coal depot were located west of the up platform with a small timber warehouse beside the crossing.

When World War II began, a huge brick buildings was built northwest of the station, which was a refrigerated cold store where the Ministry of Food could house emergency meat.

[16] In 2019, a development company bought the station site with a view to reopening not only to serve their proposed new village nearby, but also to help ease traffic flow on the adjacent A59 road.