It was opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1938, but closed to passenger traffic two years later in 1940.
The line itself closed in 1968, and the site of the railway station has been obliterated by a roundabout.
In January 1938, the LMSR opened Girtford Halt at the point where the A1 crossed the Varsity Line, a little to the north of the small hamlet from which it took its name.
A siding for vegetable traffic had existed on the station site since 1863 and this remained open.
Passenger facilities consisted of little more than a raised concrete platform; access was via a field to the rear of the station; tickets had to be purchased from a nearby garage.