It was resited on 2 March 1868 in between Station Road and Church Lane when the Sunnyside deviation opened, although the first site remained for goods traffic.

The station building was on the down side and the signal box was at the west end of the up platform.

The station lost passenger traffic, albeit not much as the section of the line to Blackhill closed on 1 May 1939.

The line closed completely around 1951 and Tow Law became a terminus for Darlington services, although this didn't last for long.

Passenger services were withdrawn on 11 June 1956[2] and goods traffic ceased for both stations on 5 July 1965.