It opened as Ockley & Capel on 1 May 1867 as part of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway extension to Horsham.

[2] Its location, next to Le Steeres of Jayes Park brickworks (closed c 1914) and nearby Phorpres Works (now Clockhouse Works) allowed for substantial brickwork traffic for many years.

[3] Milk traffic was also important until the early 1930s when this trade was lost to road transport.

[4] Goods traffic declined slowly over the next 30 years ceasing finally in June 1962.

There is a payphone in front of the station building, and a ticket machine by the entrance to Platform 2.