The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of the site of Millstream Junction,[1] the junction for the original terminus at Oxford (Grandpont), which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900.
[2] Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir.
[5][1][6][7] Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford, which was also the western terminus; the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.
[8] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.
[5][1][6][9] The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford, but these do not call at Hinksey Halt.