Full regular weekday service began on 25 October 2015,[2] although the first passengers travelled the previous day on a Sunday timetable.

Network Rail completed the final track upgrades on this portion of the route in September 2016[10] allowing driver training runs on the line ahead of the inauguration of new services on 11 December.

In 1942 a Government grain silo was built next to the site as part of a Second World War network to concentrate scarce food and distribute it by rail.

[12] In October 2013 Chiltern Railways had it demolished as part of site preparation for the new station and car park.

It was built in the early 1940s and closed in the late 1980s, after which the yard surrounding it was used by several local businesses including a pet food supplier and a car breaker.

[19] Building of the station began in late October 2014 and was sufficiently advanced for services to begin 1 year later.