 The original station was opened in August 1871, closed on 31 December 1900 and replaced by a new structure which opened the following day.The station was closed on 26 September 1927 but is remembered by the "Station Hotel" on Attercliffe Road, a short distance away which had, and may still have, a fine pictorial sign depicting a station porter at work on the station.MSLR was renamed the Great Central Railway in 1897.