When the Caledonian Railway was authorised on 31 July 1845, its route was constrained by the difficult terrain of the Southern Uplands, and it followed the Evan Water through Beattock.

[3][5] The line was only 1 mile and 71 chains (3 km) in length, with no intermediate stations; the passenger train journey took between four and six minutes.

[6] Kinnear, Moodie and Co. of Edinburgh were the contractors for the station buildings, goods shed, and signal boxes.

[8] The last passenger train from Moffat was the 3.05pm on 4 December 1954 and the last railtour was on 29 March 1964; the line closed to goods traffic on 6 April 1964.

[5] The station and goods shed were demolished and what survives (2004) is an embankment, the abutments of a railway bridge at the southern end of the town, the aptly named 'Station Park', a short section of platform and the station toilets that stood near the platform end.