The station was built by the Amherst and Belchertown Railroad in 1853; it was served by the Central Vermont Railway until 1947.

The station was closed on December 28, 2014, when the Vermonter was rerouted to the faster Connecticut River Line to the west.

[3] Passenger service on the CV south of the Vermont state line ended on September 27, 1947; the station was modified for other uses.

[5][4] On July 18, 1989, the Amtrak Montrealer (which had been discontinued in 1987 due to poor track conditions on the Connecticut River Line in Massachusetts and the CV in Vermont) was restored on a new routing via Amherst, with a stop there.

On December 29, 2014, the Vermonter was rerouted to that line, serving stops at Northampton, Greenfield, and later Holyoke.