It was opened on 1 October 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a branch line from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon.
It was closed in 1916 during World War I but reopened as a halt in 1919.
The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is WFM, the station was 7 miles 16 chains (11.59 km) from Wickford Junction.
[2] The station was permanently closed to passenger services in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.
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