The station had full goods yard facilities on the up side of the line, which was accessed from the south.

The official date of closure to passengers was on 2 September 1946 and closed to goods traffic on 11 November 1963.

[2] The engine driver managed to stop the train on Maunby Bridge (over the River Swale) some 1.9 miles (3 km) after the initial derailment.

The rear seven detached carriages tore the line up after the locomotive and came to a rest just before the bridge and narrowly avoided falling down the 20 feet (6.1 m) embankment into the River Swale.

A fire broke out in the third carriage caused by a ruptured gas pipe, but it was extinguished by the guard.