The station was the terminus of the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway which ran 8+1⁄4 miles (13.3 km) from Waterhouses where it made a connection with the standard gauge Waterhouses branch line of the North Staffordshire Railway.

After closure, the route's right of way was acquired by Staffordshire County Council and the station site at Hulme End became a car park.

[3] The station building was retained and, now restored, is used as a visitor information centre.

[4] The North Staffordshire Railway timetable and Bradshaw's from 1910 referred to Hulme End for Sheen and Hartington.

Hartington railway station on the Ashbourne Line lay 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Hulme End.