[2][5] The station was the terminus of the line for just over eleven months, until the extension to Hawkhurst was opened on 4 September 1893.

[4] The station achieved some degree of fame when it appeared in the 1950s children's television series "The Old Pull and Push".

[3][5] The fine station building was demolished in the 1960s and replaced with a private dwelling called "Haltwhistle" which is situated on the area where the goods yard would have been.

The property is surrounded by high conifer trees and a swimming pool has been put in between part of the former platforms.

1225 was wrongly despatched into the north sidings at Goudhurst and derailed.