The station was on the North Yorkshire and Cleveland's railway line between Picton and Stokesley.

[1] Picton became a north facing junction on the Leeds Northern Railway that allowed services on the line through Potto to work between Stockton and Whitby.

[2] The line and stations were taken over by the North Eastern Railway (NER) in 1859.

[5] The station had only nine stationmasters, of whom the first three, were from the same family (grandfather, father and son) and were incumbent between 1857 and 1911.

[8] After closure, the main station building became a private house with the goods yard and other sidings becoming part of the freight depot for a road freight haulier.