It is 42 miles 75 chains (69.10 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street via Witham and it is situated between White Notley to the south and Braintree Freeport to the north.

[1] The line opened for goods traffic on 15 August 1848, and for passenger services on 2 October 1848;[1] it was double-tracked throughout until the Crimean War.

Although there does not appear to be any obvious evidence (as in the case of Maldon East & Heybridge which displays "MWB" on the gulleys at the top of its downpipes) that it was built when the line first opened, that is a possibility and if so would make it the only surviving MWBR structure on this railway.

This was removed and relocated to the preserved Colne Valley Railway at Castle Hedingham in the 1970s.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Braintree and London Liverpool Street via Witham with additional services calling at the station during the peak hours.