[7][8][9] The station was used by Grand Trunk and later Canadian National Railway (both of which had trains branching northwards from here to serve either North Bay or Meaford), Ontario Northland, and Via Rail until closing in 1980.

Shortly thereafter, CN lifted the rails between the junction just to the north of the station to Longford, but the branch to the northwest, the former Meaford Subdivision, was retained as a connector to the shortline Barrie-Collingwood Railway.

[10] The Allandale Community Development Corporation or 'ACDC' (with City interests) purchased the buildings and adjacent 7 acres (28,000 m2) from CNR after train service was discontinued in the 1980s.

Prior to the original railway construction, a large pit of several hundred indigenous peoples' remains was found.

[14] It was the subject of an archeological excavation, during which objects were recovered from the Uren substage of the Middle Ontario Iroquoian period.

[16] In 2011, human bone fragment remains were discovered underneath the crawl space of the original station's office building at the site during an excavation for an archeological site assessment as part of grading work for the new train station.

[17] An incisor found amongst those remains was interpreted to be part of the Uren archeological material, but data are insufficient to ascertain its ultimate origin.

[14] Further, the construction of the GO station did not follow Government of Ontario heritage regulations, which prohibited the disturbance of human remains at a known site.

[19] The low-pitched roof and deep overhanging eaves are indicative of Prairie School design influence.

[15] The interior and exterior features of the buildings are provincially protected under an Ontario Heritage Trust conservation easement.

At other times, GO bus route 68 operates hourly to Aurora GO Station where passengers can transfer to the all-day train service to Toronto.