The station was opened on 4 January 1904 by the Cheshire Lines Committee.

[1][2] The station building is a disused taxi company office.

The platforms are elevated, have shelters on each side and are reached by stepped ramps (no step-free access available).

Services run every two hours off-peak, towards Humphrey Park and Liverpool Lime Street to the west and towards Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road in the east.

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