It was opened on 1 April 1875, and served the villages of Skinningrove and Carlin How in North Yorkshire, England.

[1] It was originally named "Carlin How", but was renamed on 1 October 1903 by the North Eastern Railway.

[2] It had no goods service, but a zig zag track branched off just outside the station from a point on the main line towards Saltburn,[3] serving the Loftus Mines in the valley below, where ironstone was mined.

[3] Further north towards Brotton, near the village of Carlin How, the tracks serving Skinningrove Steelworks branch off the line.

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