The station had distinctive wooden buildings on each platform with curved overhanging roofs[3] to provide protection from inclement weather.
Goods trains continued to pass through the station site until 6 July 1964 when the line north of Mill Lane was closed and lifted.
In July 1922 thirteen "Up" (southbound) trains called at the station on weekdays, with an extra on Saturday evenings.
'Motor Cars' then did not have their modern meaning, but consisted of a single railway coach joined to a dedicated steam locomotive.
[6] All local trains plying between Ormskirk and St Helens called at Rainford Junction, entailing a reverse.