 Journey time was 37 minutes and, other than Port Meadow and Bicester, the service called at , , , , and .On the opening day the rail motor ran hot at the end of a return trip from Bicester in the early part of the morning and a 2-4-2 locomotive hauling an 8-wheel corridor coach replaced it; a step-ladder had to be provided for passengers to alight as the halts were only constructed of sleepers laid at rail level.The rail motor service was withdrawn as a wartime economy measure in 1917 and restored in 1919.