It is located just outside Ballymena town centre on the Galgorm Road, and is integrated with the local bus station.

[3] This initial station was rebuilt and relocated on 4 December 1855[citation needed] when the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway extended the line northwards.

[5] The clock was provided by Sharman D. Neill of Belfast, and iron water storage towers were constructed by Cowan Sheldon and Company of Carlisle.

The original station buildings were removed in 1981-1982 during a modernisation programme by Northern Ireland Railways.

Ballymena railway station consists of two platforms and serves as a passing point on the mainly single-track Belfast–Derry line.