Oswestry town centre lies 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) to the north.The station is next to the Stonehouse Brewery.

Plans to extend the line from Oswestry were reported in January 2016.

[2][3] By April 2022 the 2 miles (3.2 km) of track from Oswestry to Western Wharf, which lay abandoned for more than 50 years, had been reinstated.

The station was officially opened on 2 April 2022 by Helen Morgan MP and Vince Hunt, Chairman of Shropshire Council.

[4][5] It consists of a single platform, a run-around loop and a siding.