Established at an elevation of 14 meters, the station is located at kilometric point (KP) 20.275 on the Bordeaux–Sète railway, between the stations of Beautiran and Arbanats.

[1] As of 2023, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine trains.

The station was put into service on 31 May 1855 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi et du Canal latéral à la Garonne (CF du Midi), alongside the opening of a section of railway between Bordeaux and Langon on the Bordeaux–Sète railway.

[2] In 2019, the SNCF estimated that 121,322 passengers traveled through the station, compared with 101,476 in 2018 and 91,047 in 2017.

[3] Classified as a PANG (point d'accès non géré), the station is unstaffed and equipped with automatic ticket dispensers.