The station is located on the Heart of Wessex Line between Castle Cary and Weymouth, at the southern end of a single track section from Maiden Newton.

[1] An accident occurred at this station in 1974 when an excursion train from Hereford to Weymouth, on its return journey, did not stop at the signal controlling the entry to the single line section, and ran into the sand drag.

The locomotive (a Class 47) ran right through the sand drag and out the other side, followed by a couple of coaches.

[12] The passengers were taken home by train via Southampton later that evening, and the loco was subsequently re-railed and recovered during the night several weeks later.

The station is served by Great Western Railway, who operate services between Gloucester, Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth.