After regular service began, some agricultural workers left the area on the train, seeking paid jobs elsewhere.

[1] The station remained open for freight traffic to Pickering after the rest of the Forge Valley Line was closed and pulled up.

A daily train took limestone (brought by lorry from a quarry north of the village) to Pickering from where it was taken forwards to Skinningrove Ironworks.

Shortly afterwards two Wickham Railmotors from Pickering visited the line to check that all the fences were stock-proof and in due course contractors arrived and removed the track.

Subsequently, the property was used as a caravan park and the station was eventually converted into three holiday rental cottages.