It is located to the western end of the dual-bore Shakespeare Cliff tunnel on the South Eastern Main Line to Folkestone, England.

The project was abandoned in May 1882, owing to British political and press campaigns claiming that a tunnel would compromise Britain's national defences.

[4] In 1913, the South Eastern and Chatham Railway opened a halt primarily for the use of miners at Dover Colliery, who worked the mine until its closure in 1915.

[6] The British Army used the station during the Second World War to serve a nearby military camp, and medical staff are also recorded as having used the halt in the post-war period.

At that time, the up platform was rebuilt and lengthened, and a substantial timber footbridge was built across the rail tracks, with offices on the bridge.