There had been much local pressure over a long period of time to get a station at Neepsend; in December 1857 the mayor of Sheffield was told that it would be too expensive.

Four years later, local activists were informed that their latest petition would be granted if they could raise £211 (equivalent to £24,870 in 2023), this being half the cost of providing the station.

[1] The station consisted of two flanking platforms joined by a footbridge which also served to carry a footpath over the railway.

A signal box, narrow based but opening out above the stock loading gauge, was located at the Sheffield Victoria end of the 'down' platform.

[2] Due to low public usage of the station, caused by the better sited Corporation tramway services, it was closed to passengers on 28 October 1940 although the buildings and the signal box remained in situ until the 1970s.