The station was planned as part of the South Eastern Railway's attempt to connect the military base at Shorncliffe with the railway network.

A secondary reason was to develop the village of Seabrook as a coastal holiday resort.

By 1910, the station was being served by 15 trains a day from Sandling, with the journey taking around 8 minutes.

[4] Being inland of the town it served, the station was never popular and with increased bus traffic cutting the already small passenger numbers, it was closed on April Fool's Day 1931.

[3] The station building was demolished a few months after closure and a bus depot was built on the site which operated until 6 September 1980.