the station was built as the terminus of what would become the hudson bay railway in 1908. at first it served by terminating services from the cities in the south. but later destinations were expanded. by 1929 trains were running to churchill, thompson, flin flon, lynn lake, winnipeg, saskatoon and prince albert. by the 1960s all train services were operated by cn. in 1978 serives were taken over by via rail whom at the time operated a total of 18 departures per week out of the station.