The MR branch made an end-on junction there with the North Eastern Railway (NER) line from Northallerton via Bedale, which had been opened as far as Leyburn by 1856 and then extended onwards to Hawes in the summer of 1878.

Goods traffic from the Leyburn direction continued until complete closure in April 1964,[5] after which the track was lifted and the buildings left to fall into disrepair.

However, after many years of disuse, the site was purchased by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and converted into a museum and tourist information centre in the early 1990s, a role it continues to fulfil to this day.

A preserved industrial tank locomotive, painted in British Railways colours, together with a pair of ex-BR Mark 1 coaches, were installed as a static exhibit (see accompanying photo).

Although isolated from the national rail network for over fifty-five years, the Wensleydale Railway hopes to one day eventually rebuild, re-instate and re-open the currently abandoned and derelict section of line between Redmire and Garsdale (thus would involve restoring the station to its former glory and active use).