ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə ðɪ əfˈɪʃəl hˈændbʊk ʌv stˈeɪʃənz ðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ klˈæsᵻz ʌv tɹˈæfɪk wɜː bˌiːɪŋ hˈændəld æt ðɪs stˈeɪʃən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks: dʒˈiː ɡˈʊdz, pˈiː pˈæsɪndʒɚ, pˈɑːɹsəlz ænd mˌɪsəlˈeɪniəs, ˈɛf fˈɜːnɪtʃɚ vˈænz, kˈæɹɪdʒᵻz, mˈoʊɾɚ kˈɑːɹz, pˈoːɹɾəbəl ˈɛndʒɪnz ænd məʃˈiːnz ˌɔn wˈiːlz, ˈɛl lˈaɪvstɑːk, ˈeɪtʃ hˈɔːɹs bˈɑːksᵻz ænd pɹˈaɪz kˈæɾəl vˈænz ænd sˈiː kˈæɹɪdʒᵻz ænd mˈoʊɾɚ kˈɑːɹz baɪ pˈæsɪndʒɚ ɔːɹ pˈɑːɹsəlz tɹˈeɪn; ðɛɹwˌʌz ɐ nˈaɪntˈʌn kɹˈeɪn.
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G (Goods), P (Passenger, Parcels & Miscellaneous), F (Furniture Vans, Carriages, Motor Cars, Portable Engines and Machines on Wheels), L (Livestock), H (Horse Boxes and Prize Cattle Vans) and C (Carriages and Motor Cars by Passenger or Parcels Train); there was a 9-ton crane.