The station was opened on 1 June 1848 by the Leeds & Thirsk Railway.

In 1911, the main freight handled at the station was barley (155 tons) and 128 wagons of livestock.

After closure to passengers on 18 June 1962, the station was still open to goods traffic but it was downgraded to an unstaffed public delivery siding until its complete closure on 31 August 1964.

[1] The station building has since been extended and re-purposed as private occupation.

This article on a railway station in Yorkshire and the Humber is a stub.