The station was on the North Yorkshire and Cleveland's railway line between Sexhow and Ingleby, which opened in 1857.

[1] The first stage of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway was opened between Picton and Stokesley in March 1857.

[9] Bradshaw's timetable of 1877 shows five out and back workings between Stockton railway station and Whitby, with connections advertised in Middlesbrough.

[10] A working North Eastern Railway document shows that the station had five passenger services each way throughout the week.

[13] When the line was lifted at the western end, the eastern portion from Battersby to Stokesley remained open for freight.