Minories was the western terminus of the London and Blackwall Railway.
The line was operated on a cable-hauled basis with a 400 hp pair of stationary steam engines winding a cable 7 miles long, to which the trains were attached.
It opened on 6 July 1840. The following year, a new station several hundred yards to its west, named Fenchurch Street was built.
Minories station closed for good on 24 October 1853.
The station site was later converted into goods sidings, and the lower levels of the old station were converted into the Mint Street Goods Depot. The depot remained open until 1951.