Honeybourne was one of the original stations opened on 4 June 1853 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW) on the long section between and Wolvercot Junction (north of ).
The original station layout at Honeybourne was basic: a two platform station on the to Worcester line which was connected to the single track line to Stratford via a double junction from which an east to north curve forked to the northeast.