The station was on the western edge of Kippax village adjacent to the hamlet of Great Preston.

An outbreak of fever, diphtheria and diarrhoea in previous years had led to the railway company providing fresher water than that already afforded to the locals.

[5] The tower, which was situated on the main platform, was not fitted with an apparatus to transfer water to locomotives.

[7] The chief export from Kippax was aggregate; a local quarry had a siding just to the north of the station.

[2] Kippax was the busiest station on the line as it served a larger and well established village.