The station is on the railway line between Eastleigh and Fareham, 78 miles 72 chains (127.0 km) from London Waterloo.

The station was a major loading point for strawberry traffic until about 1940, with trains taking the local produce up to London.

The station possessed an extensive network of sidings and loading bays for this seasonal traffic and for storing the special ventilated vans that transported the fruit.

All traffic declined from 1950 onwards, but passenger numbers began to build again in the 1990s with the re-introduction of direct services to London for the first time since before the war.

The station is also served by a single Great Western Railway service from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour on weekdays only.