Gympie station opened on 6 August 1881 as a result of the gold mining in the area. On 17 July 1891, the rail link to Brisbane was completed. The station building was constructed in 1913. By 1925, gold mining finished in the area and agriculture and dairy farming had begun as the key industries in the area. By the 1930s the station had become one of the busiest railway complexes in Queensland. The station had linked the economy of the Gympie area for over a century until the 1980s when it's use became redundant.
Gympie North station opened on 4 February 1989 as a replacement of Gympie station when it was bypassed by a new eight-kilometre alignment which was constructed as a result of the electrification of the North Coast line.
Gympie North station is named after the homonymous town of Gympie which was named after the Kabi indigenous tribe's word "gimpi" meaning stinging tree.
Gympie North consists of one platform and it is used for services travelling in both directions and opposite the platform are two passing loops and a siding to stable an Inter City Express unit overnight.
Gympie North station has one entrance from the station access road off Sandy Creek Road.
Gympie North station does have disability access.
There is a free shuttle bus conveying passengers from Gympie North station to the Sovereign Cinema in Gympie CBD.
