[3] The station was originally constructed circa 1890 as Meldon Quarry Halt by the London and South Western Railway.

The platforms of the halt were constructed using standard components manufactured at the Railway's own Concrete Works at Exmouth Junction.

[4] The Beeching Report in 1963 recommended that the Exeter to Plymouth Line be cut back to Okehampton; and when services ceased between there and Bere Alston in 1968, the Halt became disused.

Some time later both platforms were demolished during modifications to the rail layout and access at the western end of Meldon Quarry.

But freight traffic continued on the line thanks to the activities of the British Rail ballast quarry at Meldon, three miles from Okehampton, which had an output of 300,000 tons per year.

The line was purchased by Network Rail from Aggregate Industries in June 2021 and regular services resumed in November 2021 between Exeter and Okehampton.