The original station was built in 1925, by the Turkish government-owned Anatolian—Baghdad Railways, to service the newly formed neighborhood of Etimesgut.

Until his death in 1938, when President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk traveled from Ankara, Etimesgut station was where public crowds would gather to watch his train pass by.

[1] When the nearby Ankara Sugarcane Mill opened in 1962, freight rail cars were stored at the station's small yard.

[2] In 1970, the Turkish State Railways expanded the station, adding a new platform in preparation for electric commuter rail service from Sincan to Kayaş.

[3] Once commuter rail service began, intercity and regional trains bypassed Etimesgut and the station became a local stop only.