The original station which was mainly constructed of wood opened in 1854. The line at the time was only a single track and this was increasingly recognised as a bottle neck so plans were made to double this which began in 1875 and a new larger station was to be built on the north side of the track. The new station was built in the M.S.& L.R.
The original wooden station, constructed in 1854, served as a starting point for a single-track line. The limitations of this initial structure were recognized as a bottleneck, leading to plans to double the track and build a larger station on the north side of the existing track. This new station was part of the M.S.& L.R. project.