The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) on 1 November 1885 as Abbotts Ripton.includeonly> The GNR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) during the Grouping on 1 January 1923. Renamed Abbots Ripton in 1938,includeonly> the station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was closed by the British Transport Commission on 15 September 1958.includeonly>