The station (officially named "Juan Carlos Groenewold" to honor a railway manager)[2] is located near the intersection of San Martín and Battle y Ordóñez Avenues, in the south of Rosario.

[3][4] The station was inaugurated in December 1981 by de facto Intendent of Rosario, Alberto Natale, and operated by State-owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos until the early 1990s, when the entire railway network was privatised during Carlos Menem's Presidency.

After the process finished, Ferrocarriles Argentinos was dissolved and the station entered into disuse.

[2] In February 2014 Rosario Sur was chosen to operate as terminus of a new passenger service to Rosario departing from Retiro and operated by State-owned Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado ("Trenes Argentinos").

A new station building was constructed, including a waiting room for 500 people, information and ticket sales offices, accessible toilettes, coffee houses, escalator and elevator.