It was situated south of the High Street and became a through station when the line was extended northwards to Tunbridge Wells West in 1868.

After closure of the line south to Lewes in 1969, the original station found itself on the wrong side of the High Street level crossing, which created traffic congestion whenever a train was arriving or departing.

[6] The typical off-peak service is one train per hour to London Bridge, calling at Buxted, Crowborough, Eridge, Ashurst, Cowden, Hever, Edenbridge Town, Hurst Green, Oxted and East Croydon.

Platforms on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line were extended in 2016 to hold ten-carriage trains, to allow longer services to run during peak hours.

[10] On 23 July 2008, a Network Rail study, commissioned by the Central Rail Corridor Board (a joint group of local councils and stakeholders), reported that there was no economic case for reopening, citing a £141 million cost and a low benefit–cost ratio of 0.64 to 0.79; a figure of 1.5 is the minimum required by the Department for Transport for a scheme to be considered viable.