The station lies on the Ribble Valley Line 7+1⁄4 miles (11.7 km) north of Blackburn.

[1] Immediately beyond its eastern end, the line crosses the River Calder on a 678-yard (620 m) long, brick viaduct of 48 arches.

[2] The station was opened on 22 June 1850 by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway when it opened the line from Daisyfield, near Blackburn to Hellifield Junction, just south of Hellifield.

[5] It was closed on 10 September 1962 by the British Transport Commission and reopened with the rest of the line on 29 May 1994.

However, there are customer help points on both platforms, automated train running announcements and timetable information posters are provided.