[1] Opened by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway (S&DR) on 1 June 1847, as it was the closest point to nearby Beaulieu and Hythe from the main line.

The station was closed by the London and South Western Railway (which had absorbed the S&DR in 1848[2]) on 1 March 1860, and reopened on 1 November 1895.

[4] In 1981 (a timetable typical of the 1980s) the station was served by an hourly stopping service from London to Bournemouth on Mondays to Saturdays.

[5] Nowadays the station is served by London Waterloo to Poole stopping services operated by South Western Railway.

The New Forest Tour summer open top bus service stops adjacent to Beaulieu Road.