It served the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line and was located in the West Acton village.

[1] It served the village of West Acton, and later Boxborough when its stop was closed in the 1930s.

The station building, located on the east side of the tracks, was demolished in the mid 1960s as ridership declined.

When the newly formed MBTA began subsidizing the Boston & Maine Railroad's intrastate service on January 18, 1965, service was only kept to communities in the MBTA's limited funding district.

[2] Service was restored as far as Ayer on June 28, 1965, after several towns reached subsidy agreements with the MBTA.