The station was built by Società per le Strade Ferrate Calabro-Sicule as part of the extension of the Jonica railway from Lazzaro to Bianco, opened on 1 October 1868.

Before 2007, the station had also another track and another side platform, later destroyed by a storm and not rebuilt.

[4] The station building features the waiting room, a cafe, the ticket machine area and the toilet.

The station is served by regional, suburban and InterCity trains operated by Trenitalia.

[5] Media related to Melito di Porto Salvo train station at Wikimedia Commons