Located 200 metres (660 ft) west of the A550 near RAF Sealand, the station was just before a triangular junction at Dee marshes which controlled rail services from North Wales, Liverpool and Cheshire.

The station was opened on 17 June 1918[1] by the Great Central Railway for First World War military personnel based at Sealand Camp.

Services to and from Liverpool via Bidston used the Grand Central line until joining the Chester & Connah's Quay railway at Dee Marsh junction.

[1] Even though steelmaking operations at the Corus plant at Shotton ceased in March 1980,[3] freight continued to pass the former station on a double-tracked line until 20 April 1984.

Goods services resumed on a single-track line on 31 August 1986 before final closure in the early 1990s.