It was opened on 1 April 1881 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

[1] The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by East Midlands Railway.

All services at Healing are operated by East Midlands Railway using Class 170 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between Cleethorpes and Barton-on-Humber.

[2] On Sundays, the station is served by four trains per day in each direction during the summer months only.