It was located at the head of a 400-foot (120 m) long timber pier reaching in the River Medway estuary.

The pier was discovered to be in need of repairs in 1896, and had also been damaged by a storm in November of that year.

Between 1900 and 1903, the station was heavily used, as owing to a fire Queenborough pier was unavailable for use.

In 1916, the railway along the pier was shortened to 93 feet (28 m) and a new station building provided, the old one being demolished.

By 1931 further deterioration of the pier made it unsafe and a new station was built on the landward side.