[1][2] It continued to serve the inhabitants of the Pontyberem area and hinterland between 1909 and 1953; it was one of several basic stations opened on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

The freight service continued for coal traffic until 1996 by which time the last of the local collieries had closed down.

[4][5] The station stood some way to the east of the village centre and had a single platform, a waiting room and ticket office built with corrugated iron and a passing loop with the through line for freight traffic.

[6] A goods shed stood to the west of the level crossing and a line ran off to a spoil heap to the north-west.

[7] The line was partly built on the old Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal, however incline planes were located at several sites such as Ponthenri.