[1] The nearby Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway was opened on 1 August 1863 with their own station for Banbridge,[1] resulting in the former station closing in October that year.

The station was later part of the once extensive Great Northern Railway (Ireland) system that connected to Scarva, Lisburn and Newcastle.

The Great Northern Railway Board closed the Scarva and Newcastle branches on 2 May 1955 and then the remaining line to Lisburn on 30 April 1956, almost a year later.

The engine shed is now used by Ulsterbus as a bus depot.

Translink and Northern Ireland Railways are planning to reopen railway lines in Northern Ireland, which includes the branch from Lisburn to Banbridge to ease congestion of the Belfast-Newry line, which would reintroduce rail services to the town as well as in Dromore and Hillsborough.