The station opened in August 1861 by the North Eastern Railway.

On the up side of the line was a signal box, which opened in 1880, and was rebuilt from timber in 1900.

On 9 December 1953, the station was downgraded to an unstaffed halt and the goods yard closed.

The last passenger train called on 2 July 1955,[1] with the station closing two days later.

[2] This article on a railway station in North East England is a stub.