The oldest artifact discovered in the area was a Stone Age era dugout canoe found in the River Mole/River Ember, which is now on display in the museum at Henley-on-Thames.

The ground where the station and Park is sited was previously owned by the Church, then Hampton Court Palace, and then gifted to the local council between 1670 and 1840.

[3] Regular steam locomotives replaced the horses in the year 1849–1850 tender-first when proceeding down the line (rather than "up" to London), while construction of the first turntable was underway.

The station site is owned by Network Rail, and the services operated by South Western Railway using the Class 455 fleet.

The typical service on all days of the week is two trains per hour to and from London Waterloo via Wimbledon which start and terminate at Hampton Court.