The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the station on 19 April 1847.
When this route was converted to 3 ft (914 mm) on 16 July 1894 the Donegal Railway Company built another station in Strabane adjacent to the GNRI railway station.
It closed on 15 February 1965 when the Ulster Transport Authority mothballed the Derry Road line.
[1] The remains of the station were demolished in 1989[2] and the location is now occupied by an Asda car park.
It was proposed the station be reopened in 2023 by the All-Island Strategic Rail Review as part of a Derry—Portadown railway,[3] although action has yet to be taken as of April 2024.