[2] When completed, the main line ran between Haverton Hill and Simpasture, where it joined the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

On completion of the work, there were four tracks between Stillington Junction and Carlton West Junction; the southern pair carried the freight trains and were electrified, whilst the northern pair carried the passenger trains and remained steam-worked.

[5] On 1 January 1923 the NER amalgamated with other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

[7] The station was closed by British Railways on 31 March 1952,[8] when passenger trains over the route between Middlesbrough and Ferryhill were withdrawn.

The line is still in use for freight and occasional diverted passenger trains, but no trace of the station itself remains.