It was located on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
Sited on a single line stretch, the station had a passing loop with a station building on the down side.
The goods yard and adjacent level crossing were controlled from a signal box.
The station was opened on 31 August 1863 by the London and South Western Railway as part of the Dorset Central Railway.
Today the site is a trading estate and only some rails embedded in the road show the station was there.