The station was situated on the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) Audley branch line.
[4] The decision to introduce passenger trains over the line led to the opening of a station to serve the mining village of Leycett in June 1880.
[5] By 1923 the station was served six services a day in each direction from Stoke on Trent, three terminating at Halmerend and the others continuing to Harecastle.
[5] The rise in local bus services led to a decline in the revenue raised from passengers and in 1931 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway withdrew all passenger services on the Audley line from 27 April 1931.
[5] Freight traffic too had been diminished by the economic depression towards the end of the 1920s and many of the local collieries closed as they became worked out or uneconomic to maintain and the line was reduced to a single line in 1933[5] although freight services continued until complete closure of the line between Audley and Keele in June 1962.