 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.The line was single track and worked from the start by the Great Western Railway, which provided a service of three trains each way daily.The A&BR, which had for some time been in a parlous financial state, was absorbed by the Metropolitan Railway with effect from 1 July 1891.