The Wairarapa Connection serves the station several times daily with services to Wellington and Masterton.

Until the line from Woodside to Masterton was completed and opened in November of that year, Woodside was the northern terminus of the Wairarapa Line and was operated by the Public Works Department, initially with two mixed trains between Greytown and Wellington each day.

The amenities at Woodside initially consisted of a station building and stationmaster's house.

In 1954 the Greytown station building was relocated to Woodside and modified to serve as a goods shed.

A Wairarapa train was struck by a tree branch on 17 September 2019 near the Waiohine Bridge, but the driver continued and stopped at Woodside Station.