The station opened on 29 March 1847 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway.

The station was situated north of the level crossing on the B1341 road.

It reopened on 7 October 1946 but the number of tickets sold was very low, (an average of 277 per year, which is around one a day) so closure hardly caused any inconvenience.

[2] To the south of the station, at milepost 48 (measured from Newcastle), were Lucker water troughs.

These were the first on the NER system, and were brought into use on 1 March 1898, in order that trains could run non-stop between Newcastle and Edinburgh; trains which called at Berwick took water there.