The two platforms were low and steps were often needed to reach coaches, illuminated at night by the station's oil lamps.

[4] The station had a substantial goods shed which contained a 25cwt crane and sidings controlled by a 20-lever frame signal box.

[5] A longer private siding led southwards to Beeson's Mill which produced linseed oil on the banks of the River Ivel.

[6] The station like many others on the Bedford & Cambridge's line saw much traffic in vegetables - notably potatoes, leading to special trains being laid on to arrange for the collection of goods for carriage to Bletchley and onward transport to London.

[7] The station served a relatively rural community - there were 598 residents in 1901[8] - and this, coupled with its remote location to the south of Blunham village, left it susceptible to competition from the motor car.