The station was opened by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (A&BR) on 23 September 1868 as part of its route from to where it joined the Buckinghamshire Railway's Oxford to Bletchley line.
After closure, the track was eventually lifted although the northern section of the route between Verney Junction and Winslow Road was retained until 1957 for the storage of condemned rolling stock, with the track finally being removed in 1961.