The station first opened on 3 September 1860 as part of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and closed to passengers on 22 February 1965.

Following closure, the station building and signal box were demolished, leaving behind only a bare platform.

[2] Other smaller items have been incorporated into the rebuilt station, such as Great Western Railway lamp posts and benches, a parcels shed and a water tower, recovered from Barry Docks in 1979.

Passenger trains now currently use the crossing which had been brought into use as part of the railway's extension to Abergwili Junction.

Work had been concentrated on the extension of the line to Abergwili Junction which later re-opened in July 2017.