Located on the now-disused line between Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood, the station also had a shunting yard for the making-up of freight trains for Preston and beyond.

Before the Shap route was opened, passengers (allegedly including Queen Victoria) would travel from Euston to Fleetwood and then onwards via steamer to Scotland.

[6] In July 1920, the first bus service was added to Blackpool Corporation's operations,[7] running to the station from Cleveleys.

In April 2013, the society was granted permission to extend their licence and begin work on the next station along the line towards Fleetwood, at Burn Naze.

[10] On 28 February 2020, British prime minister Boris Johnson made an unannounced visit to the station during the country's election campaign, and three months before the 50th anniversary of the last passengers arriving there.

Johnson invited local councillor Brian Crawford onto the tracks for a private word.