Steps from the eastern end of each platform led to small wharf where the WLR operated a paddle steamer, the Virginia, up the Douglas and across the River Ribble to Lytham St Annes.
Another vessel operated to Naze Point at Freckleton and it appears the station was specifically built to facilitate these services.
[1][2][3] A temporary wooden bridge and a large crane was built in 1877 to the north of the station upon which a single siding ran, which served steam barges operated by the WLR using in the construction of the railway line.
By then there were no sailings from the WLR's wharf at River Douglas but the station appears to have remained open as a "request stop" for the few passengers who still used it.
[1][4] The station closed on 25 April 1889 and the buildings and platforms were subsequently demolished, and the site became an industrial yard.