[2] Although work began in 1864, the Worth Valley was delayed in opening until 1867 due to some issues, not least a Methodist chapel at Ingrow, which stood right underneath where the tunnel immediately south of the station would go.

[3] The station opened in April 1867, along with the rest of the line, but was closed in January 1962 to passengers and in June 1962 to goods.

An appeal for donations raised enough money to buy the station building at Foulridge (on the Skipton-Colne line) which had closed in 1959 and had been built in a similar style to the other stations on the Worth Valley line;[6] Ingrow West was an anomaly – its building was in a different style to Haworth, Oakworth and Oxenhope.

[9] By 1906, the branch and Ingrow were being served by sixteen services daily, which in 1946, two years before nationalisation, had been reduced to twelve.

[10][11] The station lies at the end of a relatively straight downhill from Oakworth, some 1-mile (1.6 km) distant, and so was fitted with catch points.