The
Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway (L&FR) had opened as far as Carne Point in 1869 but was never completed to the intended terminus at Fowey. The
Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR) arrived from the opposite direction in 1874. A passenger service from Fowey to via started on 1 June 1874. The station had two platforms with loading docks and a goods shed at the St Blazey end. It was situated at Caffa Mill Pill on the north side of the town by the
River Fowey. Goods trains from St Blazey passed through the station to the jetties where ships could be loaded directly from the wagons. The L&FR ceased operations at the end of 1879 but on 16 September 1895 a connection was made from the CMR's line to the Lostwithiel line which was refurbished. A passenger service introduced between Fowey and . An intermediate station was opened at on 1 July 1896, on the same day that the Cornwall Minerals Railway was amalgamated into the
Great Western Railway. The advertised passenger service to Newquay was withdrawn on 8 July 1929, although unadvertised workmen's trains continued to run to St Blazey until 29 December 1934. The station was host to a
GWR camp coach from 1934 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the
Western Region from 1952 to 1962, the coach was replaced in 1963 by two
Pullman camping coaches which were in turn replaced by two larger coaches for a final season in 1964. The Great Western Railway was
nationalised into
British Railways on 1 January 1948. ==China clay exports==