The station served Marton, the largest town in the Rangitīkei District, which is in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.

[14] Marton Junction was formed when the Hunterville branch opened to Kaikarangi on Saturday, 2 June 1888.

Mixed trains from the branch called at the junction to shunt wagons, before continuing to Marton.

By 1884 there was a 4th class station, 60 ft (18 m) by 30 ft (9.1 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle and sheep yards, stationmaster's house, passenger platform, cart approach and a passing loop for 15 wagons.

[14] Plans were made and initial contracts signed in 1885 for a new station and engine shed at the junction and a road to link it to High Street, at a cost of £4120 for works and £679 for buildings.

By 1 December 1898 it also had a cart approach (Henderson Brothers offered land for the road in 1896), 90 ft (27 m) by 30 ft (9.1 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle and sheep yards, engine turning triangle, fixed signals and urinals.

In 1905 it was noted that it was a lean-to type station building, with a round-roof goods shed.

[14] Marton had its annual returns of traffic recorded, as did Turakina and Hunterville to the north and Greatford to the south.

[26] In 1931 the station employed 15 salaried staff, in addition to those in the locomotive, maintenance, signal & electrical and traffic branches.

In 1917, when dining cars were removed from trains, a set table refreshment room opened.

[14] With faster trains and railcars the need for refreshment stops reduced, and they closed on 14 June 1954.

The first Auckland - Wellington through expresses ran on 14 February 1909, taking 19 hours 13 minutes, and stopping at Marton.

[38] Malteurop has a two sidings[39] south of Marton,[40] built in 1979, where it makes about 45,000 tons of malt a year[41] and imports barley from Timaru.