The station is located north of the city on the Thessaloniki–Bitola railway, and is severed by both Local and Thessaloniki Suburban Services.

[5] Opened in June 1894 as Vodena railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Βοδενά, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Vodena)[6][7] in what was then the Ottoman Empire at the completion of the Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir, a branchline of the Chemins de fer Orientaux from Thessaloniki to Bitola.

On 1 January 1971 the station, and most of Greek rail infrastructure where transferred to the Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation.

Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s.

[1] In 2003, OSE launched "Proastiakos SA", as a subsidiary to serve the operation of the suburban network in the urban complex of Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games.

Timetables were cut back, and routes closed as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads.