[3] The station was opened as a flag stop for the James Whitcomb Riley and Mountaineer on June 15, 1976.

[5]: 53  In January 2011, the station was made accessible (with a wheelchair lift) using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.

The original shelter, built when the station opened in 1976, was replaced by a brick structure in early 2023.

In addition to the new station building, improvements include new lighting and fencing as well as a new concrete platform with tactile edging.

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