The level crossing at the North end of the station was the only manned one on the line, but when the govenment inspector of the Board of Trade examined the line ib 1885 , prior to it's opening, he stated that the S and WR company should be prepare to build a bridge in its place if this became neccessary.

Cloughton became the first place on the line to have a train 'service' in January 1884, eighteen months before the line opened oficially. This was on the occasion of a Band of Hope meeting at Raven Hall when the contractor fitted out some trucks with seats and the train set off from Scarborough with 80 ladies and gentlemen. At Cloughton they stopped to pick up another 60 although it was to be over a year before the station itself was constructed.

The oil lamp was typical of all the stations on the line and these, together with the office lamps, hand lamps and signals lights, warranted a separate room- the Lamp Room- for their regular preparartion and servicing.