ɪt klˈoʊzd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn ɔːɹ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn, ˈæftɚ ðɪ ˌɛlˌɛndˌʌbəljˌuːˈɑːɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn ᵻlˈɛktɹᵻfˌaɪd ðə sˈʌðɚn pˈɛɹ ʌvðə fˈoːɹ tɹˈæks fɔːɹ pˈæsɪndʒɚ sˈɜːvɪsᵻz, lˈiːvɪŋ ðə nˈɔːɹðɚn pˈɛɹ, ˌɔn wˌɪtʃ ðə stˈeɪʃən wʌz bˈɪlt, sˈoʊlli fɔːɹ stˈiːmhˈɔːld ɡˈʊdz tɹˈæfɪk.
It closed in 1916  or 1917, after the LNWR in 1916 electrified the southern pair of the four tracks for passenger services, leaving the northern pair, on which the station was built, solely for steam-hauled goods traffic.