The station is located 550m west of the centre of the settlement, on the Piraeus–Platy railway, 184 kilometres (114 mi) from Thessaloniki, and is severed by Reganal stopping services, and sees two trains a day (as of 2020).

On 10 April 1924 in Doxaras, twelve masked[4] men disguised as Manlicher rifles boarded the northbound train from Athens to Thessaloniki at around 01:00 and proceeded to rob the passengers, among them the Minister of Social Welfare of Pazis and the former governor of Macedonia, Ioannis Valalas.

[13] OSE engineers were on the ground in the worst affected areas Domokos, Doxaras, and Paleofarsalos to assess the extent of the damage, and prepare detailed reports, and seek financial assistance from the European Union.

[16] OSE managing director, Panagiotis Terezakis, spoke of reconstruction works reaching 50 million euros, confirming at the same time that there will be no rail traffic in the effected sections of the network for at least a month.

[17] The devastation goes beyond the tracks and signalling, affecting costly equipment such as the European Train Control System (ETCS), which enhances rail safety.