It opened, along with the Ingleton Branch Line, in 1861, and closed in 1917, by which time the two railway companies had become more cooperative.

[3] The MR reopened the original Ingleton station two weeks later but refused to let L&NW trains use it.

[4] Passengers had to walk nearly a mile (1½ km) between the two Ingleton stations, descending into the valley below and climbing up the other side, where they often had a long wait as the companies did not cooperate over timetabling either.

[7] On 13 March 1893, a 1-mile (2 km) mineral line was opened from the L&NW station to Meal Bank Quarry.

It passed over a high embankment and bridge across the entrance to the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail.