Located off Railroad Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Gloucester, it serves the Rockport branch of the Newburyport/Rockport Line.

Service past Manchester was discontinued on January 28, 1965, along with the outer sections of the Fitchburg Line and Central Mass Branch.

[6] The MBTA rushed to reach subsidy agreements with out-of-district towns, and after negotiations service was to resume on June 6.

(All lines running north and west of Newburyport were abandoned by 1984, leaving no route to move equipment to the rest of the northside.)

A shuttle train was run from Rockport to Beverly Depot until January 7, 1985, when it was replaced by bus service.

[6] On June 3, 2004, the MBTA board approved a renovation of the station, including new parking spaces, lighting, and signage, as well as a "mini-high" platform for handicapped accessibility.

[1] On April 29, 2020, service between West Gloucester and Rockport was indefinitely replaced by buses due to a failure of the old bridge.