The original station opened on 19 April 1877 as Spring Grove when the line was extended from Blayney to Orange.

[2] The disused station building was being used as the Millthorpe Wine Centre, a cellar door outlet for two local vineyards, in 2016.

[3][4] After many years out of use, in October 2017 Transport for NSW announced planning was underway to reopen the station as a request stop for the Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo.

[4] Millthorpe railway station is served by NSW TrainLink's daily Central West XPT service operating between Sydney and Dubbo.

[4] This Wikipedia article contains material from Millthorpe Railway Station group, entry number 01193 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.