Opened on 1 June 1903, it formed part of a comprehensive set of transport links serving the village.

The Meon Valley line was particularly difficult to construct, costing the equivalent of 27 million pounds in today's money.[2]).

The terrain around West Meon was very uneven, requiring large works of civil engineering to build the railway.

The station buildings remained for several years, but were eventually demolished for hard core rubble for a car park in Denmead.

[4] The only remains today are the 600-foot-long (180 m) platforms which were cleared of trees in 2015 to provide a grassy area with picnic tables.