Today's main A170 road follows the old railway line between Helmsley and Pickering.

After World War I and the emergence of more convenient motor bus services the passenger numbers dropped rapidly, with only about 35 tickets sold per week in the 1930s.

[1] It closed on 31 January 1953[2] for both passengers and freight, with the end of the York-Pickering service via Gilling and Helmsley, and the track was lifted between Pickering and Kirkbymoorside in the same year.

The station building has been converted into a private residence, the coal drops into garages.

This article on a railway station in Yorkshire and the Humber is a stub.