The station was opened as Ravensthorpe on 1 July 1869 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

[citation needed] With the closure of the LNWR line via Liversedge Spen, British Rail opened a spur, in 1966, from the Ravensthorpe Branch through to the Liversedge Spen to still operate the Charrington Hargreaves Oil Terminal.

The Charrington Hargreaves Oil terminal was mothballed in 1986 and the line was ripped up in 1992.

[citation needed] Sustrans and Kirklees Council have opened a cycle route, Spen Valley Greenway, on the track bed.

Also, there's a 4-aspect signal just north of the existing railway line from Dewsbury to Mirfield.