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This was a junction station opened on the route of the former 1838 Arbroath and Forfar Railway for the opening of the 1848 Aberdeen Railway. Guthrie Junction was to the east.

There had been a level crossing at the west end of the station, but when it became a junction the road was diverted to the east, passing under the junction itself.

This was a three platform station. The westbound platform was an island and the eastbound had a bay at the east end. The main station building was built at the west end of the eastbound platform. The building was in a style used elsewhere on the Caledonian Railway. There was a signal box at each end of the station (Guthrie Junction at the east end and 'Guthrie Station' at the west end on the north side of the line. A loop from the branch ran from the junction to the south face of the island platform.

The goods yard, originally on the south side, was moved to the north side and approached from the junction.

The station box closed in 1955 with the end of passenger services on the Arbroath route (it had been a minor box since 1936). The junction box, station and Arbroath line all closed in 1965. The railway itself, the Strathmore Main Line, closed in 1967.

The station site is largely cleared. Some railway associated buildings remain and a loading bank.

West of the station is the Guthrie Gate, an unusual combined railway bridge and gatehouse.

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