[2] It was created principally to serve passengers on the developing AVE high-speed rail system.
[3] Antequera-Santa Ana is served by Media Distancia trains to Algeciras, Almería and Seville-Santa Justa.
The station was opened in 2006, originally as a terminus on the then-incomplete Córdoba–Málaga branch of the Spanish AVE high-speed rail system.
In 2019, the Antequera–Granada high-speed rail line opened, providing AVE service to Granada.
[4] Also in 2019, Adif began works to improve the lighting surrounding the station at a cost of €38,000.