The station was opened on 28 March 1864 by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway.
The single-storey station building had a booking office and waiting rooms.
To the south was a large goods yard to the south which had five sidings, one serving a cattle dock and another serving a goods shed.
Initially, there was no signal box but one opened at the south end in September 1894.
The station closed to passengers on 22 February 1965[1][2] but remained open for parcel traffic until 6 September 1965.