The London and South Western Railway opened the station on its Guildford to Aldershot line in 1891.

The station is 34 miles 29 chains (55.3 km) from Waterloo (measured via Worplesdon and milepost 30+1⁄4 at Guildford), and has two platforms, which can each accommodate a four-coach train.

A look at the historical website below shows for example: Wanborough (from Guildford) to Ascot service Mon-Fri after the morning rush hour in the following years: Year 1937: Times - Difficult to confirm all as times shown from Waterloo but basically at 0934, 1005 then at :35 and :05 till 2205 and then some later trains Year 1939: Times 0937, 1007, 1039, 1109, 1137, 1237 and half-hourly to 0007 (next morning) Year 1957: Times 0937, 1007, 1039, 1109, 1137, 1237, 1307, 1309, 1407, 1439, 1507, 1537, 1609, 1637, 1709, 1739, 1809, 1840, 1907, 1937, 2010, 2037, 2109, 2207, 2237,2307 (last service one hour earlier than in 1939) Year 2010: Times 0936 and half-hourly till 2306 Services at Wanborough are operated by South Western Railway and Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs and Class 450 EMUs.

[citation needed] The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Guildford and Farnham via Aldershot, operated by South Western Railway.

A small number of Great Western Railway services between Reading and Gatwick Airport via Guildford call at the station during the peak hours.