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Eassie passenger station was west of a level crossing and was notable for its granary building in the goods yard to the east. It was a two platform station. The main station building, timber, was on the southbound platform with another timber building, a later addition, on the northbound platform by the level crossing. The platforms were linked by a wooden footbridge. It was originally opened in the 1830s on the Newtyle and Glammiss Railway and was rebuilt and reopened after the line was rebuilt by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway as a minor station on the main line from Perth to Aberdeen.

The goods yard (with granary) was to the east of the level crossing. It was on north side of the line and accessed from the north/east. The signal box was on the north side of the line, east side of the level crossing. In addition to the siding serving the granary there was another at right angle serving a loading bank which was reached via a turnplate. A further sidings serving a long loading bank was later added to the north of the granary. The station was west of Eassie Farm, Eassie Church and Eassie Mill (Corn). A little to the north east of the station the line crossed the Eassie Burn and there was a level crossing close to Eassie Church (Forfar Road Level Crossing [Eassie]), which was to be bypassed by a new road bridge just east of the station in 1962.

The station closed to passengers in 1956. The goods yard remained open after closure to passengers. The Strathmore main line closed as a through route in 1967 and the signal box closed. The railway remained open and was reduced to a single track. The goods yard handled agricultural lime in its final years before complete closure in 1982.

A railway cottage (Catlaw Cottage) remains at the east end of the former westbound platform. It is marked as Lodge on the First Edition OS map. Alongside this a house has been built on the trackbed. Across the level crossing another former railway cottage (Blue Cliffs) remains on the north side of the line.

The three storey station granary (C listed) also remains. Canmore suggested the granary may date from 1845, three years before the line was rebuilt by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. A track ran east-west through the ground floor of the granary. A hoist is on the north side of the building. Cast iron columns support the internal floors. Arches supported the granary siding west of the building.

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