It was the third station on the third railway to reach the city of Wells and proved to be the longest surviving.

The station was opened with the extension of the broad gauge line from Cheddar on 5 April 1870.

It was converted to standard gauge in the mid-1870s and then became Wells' main station when the Cheddar Valley line was linked up to the East Somerset Railway to provide through services from Yatton to Witham in 1878.

The Yatton to Witham line closed to passengers on 9 September 1963, though goods traffic mostly carrying stone passed through from Cheddar until 1969.

The station was demolished soon after closure but the goods shed remains as commercial premises and a row of five houses built for the staff are still standing.