On 15 November 1875, it became a through station, upon the inauguration of the final section of the Jonica railway, between Crotone (then known as Cotrone) and Catanzaro Lido.

[2] The station's first operator was the Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (English: Company for the Southern Railways, SFM).

Until the completion of the Southern Tyrrhenian railway in the late nineteenth century, it was the only link from the far south of mainland Italy (and Sicily) to the centre and north of the peninsula.

However, as a strategic link between the Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas, it was a target of Allied bombing during World War II.

After the war, the station appeared to have a brighter future, so it was rebuilt in its present form, and the entire goods yard and locomotive shed were rearranged.

From the street side of the passenger building, a generous shelter in blue plexiglass, supported by an iron structure, protects its main entrances.

Between those exits are the steps down to the spacious pedestrian underpass, which is equipped with monitors giving train information, and a sound system.

The underpass is useful, not only to rail passengers, but also to those walking between the city centre and Marina district side to the Fortuna area.

The diversion has radically changed the entire track layout, which is still being finalised at the Crotone end of the station yard.

This facility carries out regular checks on the whole fleet of rolling stock allocated to Catanzaro Lido, as well as ensuring that they are sheltered when they are not in service.

The north side shed is usually reserved solely for multiple unit trains and/or shunting locomotives (currently in service in Catanzaro Lido is one D.214[4]).

Comuni of Monasterace, Locri, Guardavalle, Santa Caterina dello Ionio, Soverato, Bova Marina, Isca, Squillace, Roccelletta di Borgia.