On 10 September 1866, the station became a branch point of a short connection with Carrara Town (Carrara San Martino Station) of 4.5 km.
In 1939 the station, then called "Carrara-Avenza," took on the new name of "Apuania Carrara" with the institution of the municipality of Apuania;[REF] the previous name was restored in the 1949, with the abolition of the former municipality first mentioned in 1946 [REF].