[1][2] Goods were first carried to the station on 19 October 1887,[3] though the official opening of the 15 mi 57 ch (25.3 km) Marton to Hunterville section wasn't until Saturday 2 June 1888, when the station was served by two trains a week,[4] reported as losing £15 a week.

[4] Construction of the line from Marton to Silverhope was under the £27,300 Porewa Contract,[6] for which tenders were sought in March 1885.

[8] The contractor's sureties were approached by government in August 1885[9] and in September 1885 the navvies were laid off.

[21] By 1896 Silverhope had a shelter shed, passenger platform, cart approach, urinals and a passing loop for 21 wagons.

[24] A report on 19 June 1959 said there was no passenger, parcels, or outwards small lots goods traffic and only three inwards loads of livestock, potatoes, and manure in the previous two years.