The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 1 May 1865 and closed to goods traffic on 24 April 1950.

The change to the time displayed on the Bangor Station Clock was not welcomed by commuters.

In the year 2000, then-mayor of Bangor Alan Chambers sealed a time capsule near the entrance of the station which is to be opened in 2100.

[citation needed] Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service toward Belfast Grand Central.

Certain peak-time services from this station operate as expresses between Bangor West and Holywood or Belfast Lanyon Place.