It replaced an earlier station dating from the opening of the line in 1837 which was located approximately 470 metres (510 yd) further north-west.

A small section of the line to Whitacre remained at the Hampton-in-Arden end for use as a storage siding until it was officially closed in 1952, with the track finally being lifted in early 1963.

The exceptionally long platforms at the current station are all that remains to show that these express services once stopped there.

They are separately Grade II listed buildings,[3][4] protecting them from unauthorised alteration or demolition.

Hampton-in-Arden is served by two trains per hour each way, to Birmingham New Street northbound and to London Euston via Northampton southbound.