 The former five trains each way per day service of the late 1980s (see British Rail National Passenger Timetables from May 1988-90) was cut in half in 1991 (due to shortage of rolling stock) and again in 2004, leaving only a residual "Parliamentary" minimum timetable in operation east of to avoid the need for statutory closure proceedings - a situation that remains unchanged to this day.The station was opened in April 1848 (along with the line) by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, linking the coalfields of West Yorkshire to the busy inland port at Goole.The station had two platforms and a signal box (to supervise nearby sidings and a level crossing) until 1985, but only one platform here is now in use (and only along part of its length) following the singling of the to Goole portion of the route.