The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 10 September 1858.

The goods store on the Saintfield end was added in 1898.

The station closed to passengers on 15 January 1950 along with the rest of the Belfast and County Down Railway bar the Bangor branch, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

Part of the former train yard on the west side is now used as a bus depot by Translink Ulsterbus.

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