The station was completed in 1910, to serve the new Accra to Mangoase line, with railway offices built nearby.

Prior to its construction, the area was a marshy valley.

The line was steadily extended, and reached Kumasi in 1923.

[1] By 2011, the station had no service; it was instead used by market traders, while some people used abandoned trains as housing.

[2] In January 2019, a new once-daily service to Tema was introduced.