It was built by the Canadian Northern Railway as part of the Brandon to Lethbridge line, which was completed only as far west as Willow Bunch.

The two-storey, wood-frame railway station is at a major division point on the railway line and is the only remaining 2nd-Class CNR railway station building still standing in the province.

[1] The building was designed by architect Ralph Benjamin Pratt.

As a major division point from 1911 until the 1950s the site also housed a railway roundhouse.

[2] The building was designated a municipal heritage property in 1984.