A four-storey brick addition was erected at the western end of the building in 1965 and features a distinctly different architectural style to the rest of the structure.

However, the former ticket hall features all its original fittings, including tiled floors and walls, as well as an honour board for railway workers who died during World War I.

[2] Designed by an architectural draftsman in the government railway department, Vincent Price, the building was constructed between 1910 and 1913, and was officially opened on 24 December 1913.

It replaced an existing station of significantly smaller scale only a few hundred metres to the west, near the corner of Flinders and Jones Streets.

The station operated through the Second World War, playing a significant role in the movement of goods too and from Townsville (a major military base) during that period.