Located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) west of the town centre, the station opened in 1896 by the Chemins de fer Orientaux, (now part of OSE).

[5] The station was opened in 1874[6] as Feretzik[7] two years after the line from Alexandroupoli (then Dedeagac) to Istanbul via Edirne was completed.

[8] Built by the Union Railway Company (The Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Ottoman Jonction Salonique-Constantinople (JSC), from Constantinople to Vienna.

[9] It was the terminus and the point where it was connected to the Edirne – Dedeagats network of the Eastern Railway Company (Chemins de fer οrientaux — CO ), [7] which also had the privilege of operating the ports of Alexandroupolis and Thessaloniki.

[11] During World War I the railway was an important link as the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and Austria-Hungary were all Central Allies.

The sections from Alexandroupoli to Svilengrad, except for a short section of about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)[12] in Turkey serving Edirne Karaagaç station and for 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) between the Greek border and Svilengrad station in Bulgaria[13] come under the control of the French-Hellenic Railway Company (CFFH), a subsidiary of the CO, when the CFFH was incorporated in July 1929.

In Greece, a line was opened to allow trains from Pythio to Bulgaria to stay on Greek territory and avoid Edirne.

In 2014 TrainOSE replaced services to/from Dikaia with buses[17] In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE, currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane[18] infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE.