It was the site of the lines' engine shed, also a china clay works which is now used as a cement terminal.

The canal was superseded by a railway on 27 December 1860 and passengers were carried on the Moorswater to Looe section from 11 September 1879.

A siding for the Cheesewring Quarry Company opposite the station was later used by the Cornwall County Council as a road maintenance depot until 1964.

On the west side was another workshop that maintained the wagons and carriages before the line was connected to the Great Western Railway, although passenger trains were normally kept in another shed at Looe.

The shed closed on 11 September 1961 after which the branch was worked by DMUs and British Rail Class 22 diesel locomotives.