The station was opened on 1 May 1885 by the Great Western Railway on their line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction.

[1][2] There was also a Great Western Railway branch from here to Oldbury, a larger town to the north.

The Oldbury branch closed to passengers on 3 March 1915;[2] and until recently a short stub of the disused line remained in situ.

This continued until 1995 when the line through Snow Hill to Birmingham Moor Street was restored.

Some Hereford and Worcester to New Street trains continued to run via the Smethwick Jcn - Galton Junction curve until May 2004, but the route today is only used for diversions if the normal route to Snow Hill is closed for engineering work.