Kadina railway station opened on 9 October 1878 when the 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge line from Port Wakefield was constructed.
The station consisted of a goods shed, water tower, goods crane, a loading ramp, a ganger's shed, railway yards, two railway cottages and a station building.
The section from Wallaroo to Snowtown was converted to dual gauge on 2 December 1982 with an extra 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) rail laid following the conversion of the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line.
After closure, part of the line from Wallaroo to Bute was used by the Lions Club of Yorke Peninsula for heritage tourist train services but this ceased in 2009 due to high track repair costs.
[6] The line from Wallaroo to Kadina has since been ripped up and replaced with the Copper Coast Rail Trail and retail stores on both ends.