The station was situated on the former North Midland Railway between Kilnhurst West and Rotherham Masborough.

On 19 November 1926, a private owner wagon disintegrated, derailing the train that it was part of.

An express passenger train had the sides of its carriages ripped open by the signal post.

The station and the adjoining steel works, together with other locations in the Rotherham area, were featured in the 1958 film Tread Softly Stranger starring Diana Dors.

Diana Dors's co-star George Baker is seen arriving at platform 1 of "Rawborough" station.