The station opened on 3 September 1863 on the Finn Valley Railway line from Strabane to Stranorlar.

One of the first acts of the new Donegal Railway Company was to convert the former Finn Valley Railway from Strabane to Stranorlar from 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) to 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, which it completed on 16 July 1894.

Stranorlar became the headquarters of the successor company, the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee.

Goods trains continued to run between Stranorlar and Strabane until 6 February 1960

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