It was formerly a freight-only station called Jiangmen South, but has since been renamed and expanded to allow passenger operations.

This station opened on 29 December 2012 as Jiangmen South with the freight-only Guangzhou–Zhuhai railway.

[1] In March 2017, the name of the station was changed to Jiangmen in preparation for its reconstruction as a passenger hub.

Through services from Zhanjiang West to Guangzhou South began on 1 July 2018, though trains skipped the still under construction Jiangmen railway station.

[4] The Shenzhen–Zhanjiang high-speed railway，Construction of Jiangmen to Shenzhen section started on 9 October 2022.