The line through Holton-le-Clay remained open for freight until December 1980, but could be reopened by the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway as its northern terminus.

The station opened on 1 March 1848[2] as part of the East Lincolnshire Railway between Grimsby and Louth.

[4][5] The architects of the station buildings were John Grey Weightman and Matthew Ellison Hadfield of Sheffield.

[9] A signal box constructed in the standard East Lincolnshire Railway pattern stood on the north side of the crossing.

[12] The crossing gates on both sides have also survived, as has the cattle dock which stands in the yard now used as an industrial vehicle depot.