The station was opened on 8 September 1863, and is located at kilometric point (KP) 653.987 on the Savenay–Landerneau railway.

Today, the station is served by TER Bretagne services operated by the SNCF.

The construction of a railway station in Bannalec was realized by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans in the early 1860s.

The station consists of a passenger building constructed by the French architect Phidias Vestier.

This article about a railway station in the Brittany région of France is a stub.