[2][3] The station began service on 28 July 2011 with the opening of Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit.

Until the extension to Daxuecheng was completed and opened in 2012, it operated as the terminus of Line 1.

It also interchanges with the renovated Shapingba railway station, as an Integrated Transport Hub, with connected bus and taxi modes.

The station set up to serve 2 tracks from a single island platform.

Shapingba is the 4th station on this line which runs from the Southwest to the Northeast of the city.