The branch line to Meltham from Lockwood was opened in August 1868 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, but was closed soon afterwards owing to the collapse of an embankment.

[6] The town had an extensive goods yard on a lower level to the station, and away from the terminus to the east.

[8] The station was listed as being able to handle livestock, vans, horse boxes, general goods, and coal.

[16] By 1939, when the LMS were running the services, the number of trains had increased to 15, with some originating at Bradford Exchange, others at Huddersfield, two from Halifax, and one from Wakefield Kirkgate.

[17] The timetable for 1944, five years before closure, shows seven daily out-and-back workings from Bradford Exchange via the Spen Valley Line, with the first service of the day only running to and from Huddersfield.