Trains on these lines ran to and from Kirk Smeaton and beyond, also changing directions there, so that a locomotive turntable was installed in the station.

[1] Passenger services between Kirk Smeaton and Denaby and Conisbrough were withdrawn on 1 February 1903, although miners' trains may have continued to run after this date.

[1] At the time of closure, the line and the station were operated by British Railways (North Eastern Region).

The construction cost was double the estimates, due in part to difficulties in cutting and tunnelling through unexpectedly hard chalk in the Yorkshire Wolds near Little Weighton.

Today only the high level goods line around Hull and a short section serving Drax power station remain in use.