[4] There was a goods yard and shed to the north of the station on the western side of the lines, access to it was controlled by a small signal box.

[6] On the eve of an official visit to Chester in May 1917 during the First World War, the Royal Train carrying George V and Queen Mary stopped for the night at Malpas station.

[7] In 1944, wounded German POWs captured in Normandy during Operation Overlord were brought to Malpas before being transferred to the US Army hospital established just across the border in Penley, Wales.

Hampton Heath industrial estate of single storey buildings, including the former goods shed, is located on what was the trackbed immediately north of the old station.

[10] When there were suggestions in 1974 that an attempt might be made to reopen the branch, the Chester Chronicle pointed out that none of its stations had been well sited or used.