[1] The present station is the second built to serve the community of Woodhouse, then separate from and not under the governance of Sheffield.

[4] The new station was one of the earliest examples of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's Double Pavilion designs at its present location.

[5][6] A number of goods sidings exist immediately to the east, which see sporadic use by engineers trains.

Train running information is provided by a customer help point on platform 1, display screens and timetable posters.

There is an ongoing proposition by FirstGroup's Hull Trains to begin a new service between London King's Cross to Sheffield, stopping at Worksop station, giving Woodhouse its first direct service to London in decades.