The original station was at the bottom of Junction Lane, adjacent to the present Woodhouse Junction, formerly East Junction, signal box and was built to serve the communities of Beighton, then within Derbyshire, and Woodhouse. This station was closed on 11 October 1875 and replaced on the same day by a new station to the west, named "Woodhouse". The new station was one of the earliest examples of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's "Double Pavilion" designs at its present location.