The station was 9 miles 38 chains (15.25 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB).

The line, including Dunmow station, was opened on 22 February 1869, and on the same day the BSD&BR company was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway.

[1][2] Regular services ended on 3 March 1952, but the station was last used by excursion trains in August 1964.

[5] The site and trackbed have been used for the B1256 Dunmow Bypass and no trace of the railway remains.

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