Before 1869, this land was part of the Era de Hidalgo orchard. This station belonged to the Apizaco-Puebla branch of Ferrocarril Mexicano, which was inaugurated on September 16, 1869, by then-President Benito Juárez. It was later reopened on May 5, 1962, by Benjamín Méndez, general manager of Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. In 1974, it was withdrawn from railway service, and on May 5, 1988, it was inaugurated as the National Museum of Mexican Railways.