passenger traffic on the castle eden branch was always light, the line having been built primarily to allow freight to bypass the congested lines through stockton and hartlepool. even so, there were four stopping passenger trains over the line per day in each direction in 1910 and the number increased to five each way by the 1930s. despite this low usage wellfield, being located close to two large villages and being served by trains on two lines, was fairly well used; in 1911 there were 37,551 tickets issued at the station.