The station opened to passenger traffic on 12 May 1868.

It closed for passengers on 30 November 1964 and freight traffic on 5 April 1965.

In the early hours of 31 January 2018, the former station house suffered serious structural damage in a fire, which was alleged to be the result of arson.

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