 The station is on the Cotswold Line and is served by Great Western Railway trains.When the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was extended from to Wolvercot Junction (north of ) on 4 June 1853, there was no station between and .On 10 August 1855 a branch line to was opened by the Chipping Norton Railway, and a station, known as "Chipping Norton Junction", was opened at the junction of the branch with the OW&W; this branch was purchased by the OW&W in 1859.