[1] It consisted of an island platform with two faces on the line from Stoke-on-Trent and Leek and a single platform on the down (i.e. Leek bound) direction of the Churnet Valley Line.

Passengers wishing to head south on the Churnet Valley line towards Uttoxeter would have to catch a northbound train to Leek and then return through Leek Brook on a south bound train.

The CVR had slowly been progressing in preserving the line when in the late 1990s they had reached the site of Leek Brook station which, however, was not judged worthy of re-opening due to the large amount of other preservation projects being undertaken by the CVR at the time and the poor access to the site.

The first CVR passenger service to the station site was on 24 August 1996.

In November 2010, some CVR trains began to continue beyond the site towards Cauldon Low, with most services now terminating at Ipstones, on the Waterhouses branch [5] There is no public access to the station, so neither boarding not alighting is possible there.