It was opened on 3 December 1883,[1] and served the village of Easington in North Yorkshire, England.
It was originally named Easington, but was renamed Grinkle on 1 April 1904[2] after the nearby baronial mansion of Grinkle Park, to avoid confusion with Easington station on the North Eastern Railway's Durham Coast Line.
The station originally had only one platform, a second being added around 1906 to increase the passenger capacity of the line.
A small goods yard with one siding was situated west of the station, serving a coal depot.
[3] Though the line is closed to passengers, the track remains to service the nearby Boulby Potash Mine.