The Liskeard and Looe Railway was opened on 27 December 1860 to carry goods traffic; passenger trains running from 11 September 1879.

It is one of the only two stations in the National Rail Timetable to have the suffix 'halt' (the other being nearby St Keyne Wishing Well Halt).

[4] There is just a single platform, on the right of arriving trains, which can be accessed from the road at Lamellion, at the north end, or from a footpath running alongside the track from the level crossing to Coombe House, to the south.

Due to the rural location and limited service, the station has relatively few passenger facilities: only a basic shelter and a help point.

With 26 passenger entries and exits between April 2014 and March 2015, it was the second-least used station in Great Britain that year, behind Shippea Hill.