After the Second World War, some expresses went through the station without stopping. However, the 1946 timetable shows an increase to eight daily services with two on Sundays. By the early 1950s, at least one southbound express called at Staithes, with 14 daily workings. Expresses took 2 hours 27 minutes for the journey between and Scarborough; the stopping trains took over three hours.
