It was built by the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway company on their line between Doncaster and Knottingley.

The station buildings were similar to those at Womersley and were described as "Swiss Cottage" style.

They are a stone built construction with a clipped gable end.

[1] But the railway line is still open and now carries freight trains (mainly bulk coal) to and from the power stations at Drax, Ferrybridge & Eggborough, along with Grand Central's passenger services between Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross since 23 May 2010.

As part of a report to Doncaster Borough Council in September 2008 the station site was to be protected for future use in a strategy for the railways in the borough, reopening being a distant possibility.