The booking office was robbed on 7 December 1868 when thieves drilled through the ticket window covering with a bit and brace, and stole a small amount of cash.

Extensive alterations at Harrogate took place in 1897, including the construction of two new bay platforms on the east side at the south end of the station, a new footbridge, and a new signal cabin.

The following year saw the opening of a large new goods depot on Bower Road (where the Asda supermarket now stands) and the associated changes to the track layout necessitated another new signal cabin at the north end of the station.

The station was largely demolished in 1964/65 and replaced with a more utilitarian one (with fewer platforms) by Taylor Bown and Miller, Architects (Harrogate).

Facilities include a key cutters, ATMs, a cafe, photo booths and a waiting room, all located on the main concourse on Platform 1.

There was a short tunnel between what is now Hornbeam Park Station, running under Langcliffe Avenue, and emerging on the west side of Leeds Road.The station was situated on the area, now part of the Stray, between the site where Trinity Methodist Church now stands and the Prince of Wales roundabout, and some distance from either High or Low Harrogate.

When the new line of the North Eastern Railway opened on 1 August 1862, entering Harrogate via a cutting across the Stray, Brunswick closed to passenger traffic, although remaining in use for some time as a coal depot.

[14] The town was previously served by a railway, the Leeds-Northallerton Line that ran between Leeds and Northallerton via this station and Ripon.

[15] Reports suggest the reopening of a line between Ripon and Harrogate railway station would be economically viable, costing £40 million and could initially attract 1,200 passengers a day, rising to 2,700.