 On 1 August 1861 the GWR had opened a mineral branch from just north of Ruabon to serve the blast furnaces of the iron works at Aberderfyn and Ponciau.This line was extended to the village of Legacy on 27 August 1876.The station opened in June 1905 on the Wrexham to Ponkey (Ponciau) Branch of the Great Western Railway.