[6][7] Left on a short spur line, the old terminus was closed to passenger traffic,[2][3] but remained in use as a goods station.

[14] Adjacent to the station building was a gentlemen's toilet and the signal box, and beyond a characteristic corrugated iron pagoda shed.

[19] In 1957, it handled 44,000 tons of goods and 66,000 parcels which helped maintain the line in operation during the years prior to its closure.

[21] In the early 1960s, with the gradual transfer of traffic to road and the decline of key industries which had used the railway, the line was unable to justify its existence on the basis of passenger receipts alone.

[30][31] The station has been proposed for reopening, mainly on a site to the south of the town with a potential park and ride scheme, as part of a wider project to restore the railway to Carterton via Witney and Eynsham.