It is the terminus of Network Rail's Penarth branch running from Cogan Junction to Penarth station, 1 mile 12 chains (1.15 mi; 1.9 km) from the junction[1] and 2 miles 67 chains (2.84 mi; 4.6 km) south of Cardiff Central station.

The Taff Vale took over the CP&BJR in 1889 and had the line completed from Lavernock to Biglis Junction (east of Cadoxton) on the Barry Railway in 1890.

[3] The extension attracted holiday and weekend traffic from Penarth to the beach at Lavernock or Barry Island Pleasure Park[4] for the day, with steam trains running every 30 minutes from 7.15 am until 11.45 pm in both directions.

The remaining section to Penarth followed suit in November 1969 when the Snowcem works closed, leaving the station as a dead-end terminus.

After the branch was singled and the line on towards Sully and Biglis Junction closed, the platform buildings on the Plymouth Road side were sold and used as a garden centre until they were demolished in the 1980s and a new Government Jobcentre plus and private offices were built in their place.

The current ticket office in the station building is open early morning to mid-afternoon six days per week.

The Monday to Saturday daytime service pattern is four trains an hour to Cardiff Central: two continue to Coryton and two to Caerphilly.