 The station was closed in 1969, after the withdrawal of stopping services and closure to freight, and the whole of the Stratford to Cheltenham line was closed in late August 1976, after derailment of some wagons on a goods train damaged a section of the track.Honeybourne was reopened in 1981, in connection with residential development near the station.The Heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway have reopened the 14-mile section of the 22-mile-long Honeybourne Line, between and , and hopes to extend its operations a further 5 miles, to Honeybourne, for which Network Rail has made passive provision.