A camping coach was positioned here by the Western Region from 1956 to 1962.

It is a passing place on the single line and has a signal box.

On re-opening it became the terminus of the preserved line but became an intermediate station with the completion of the extension to Corwen East, in October 2014.

Due to engineering works relating to the reopening of Corwen, Carrog again became the terminus of the line in 2019.

[4] It regained its intermediate status once again in June 2023 when the new Corwen station opened.