It is also the nearest railway station to the town of Haverhill in Suffolk, which is about 9 miles away.

Facilities are a ticket machine, a car park, bicycle storage and a small shelter on the platform by the signal box (on the village side).

Originally opened by the Newmarket Railway in 1848 but closed in July 1850 to be reopened in September 1850[1] when the current route to/from Cambridge was completed the following year and the line east to Chippenham Junction (and thence to Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich) in 1854.

Dullingham is a remote passing loop on the otherwise single track between Cambridge and Chippenham Junction.

Fast passing services always use the main line if possible - there is a speed restriction on the loop.