The current station, on Tessall Lane, was built to the designs of the architect John Broome[4] and opened in 1978 under the auspices of British Rail, as part of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive's Cross-City Line scheme.

Initially, nearly all Cross-City Line services terminated here, until 1980 when some were extended to Redditch.

The ramp has been criticised for being too steep, with requests calling for the lift facility to be reinstated.

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded Cross-City services operated using Class 730 electric multiple units.

Since 29 July 2018, trains that used to terminate here were extended to Bromsgrove, except for a small number of early morning and late night trains, following the completion of a scheme to extend the Cross City electrification from Barnt Green.